Departments; County Manager Form

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Departments; County Manager Form.” It is part of Chapter 6 “County Manager Form of Government”, which is part of Subtitle I “General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”.

It’s comprised of the following 28 sections.

§ 15.2-616	Departments of the county
§ 15.2-617	Department of finance; director; general duties
§ 15.2-618	Same; expenditures and accounts
§ 15.2-619	Same; powers of commissioners of revenue; real estate reassessments
§ 15.2-620	Same; powers of county treasurer; deposit of moneys
§ 15.2-621	Same; claims against counties; accounts
§ 15.2-622	Same; director as purchasing agent
§ 15.2-623	Same; assistants
§ 15.2-624	Same; obligations of chief assessing officer
§ 15.2-625	Department of public works
§ 15.2-626	Department and board of social services
§ 15.2-627	Department of education
§ 15.2-628	Terms of school boards
§ 15.2-629	Department and board of health
§ 15.2-630	Department of assessments
§ 15.2-631	Department of extension and continuing education
§ 15.2-632	Department of public safety
§ 15.2-633	Office of the county attorney
§ 15.2-634	Department of public utilities
§ 15.2-634.1	Background checks required for certain employees
§ 15.2-635	Selection or appointment of certain officers and heads of departments; filling vacancies
§ 15.2-636	Examination and audit of books and accounts
§ 15.2-637	Schedule of compensation
§ 15.2-638	Submission of annual financial plan by manager; notice and hearings thereon; adoption of budget
§ 15.2-639	Compensation; fee system abolished
§ 15.2-640	Establishing times and conditions of employment, personnel management, etc
§ 15.2-641	Bonds of officers
§ 15.2-642	Officers not affected by adoption of plan