[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Rappahannock 9-8-1982; amended in its entirety 12-2-1996.[1] Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the change in title from former Ch. 5, Alcohol Safety Action Program,
to Rappahannock - Rapidan Division of Court Services.
[Amended 11-5-2012]
In accordance with the joint powers granted
political subdivisions under § 15.2-1300 of the Code of
Virginia, Rappahannock County shall become a participating locality
along with the Counties of Madison, Culpeper, Fauquier and Orange
in the Rappahannock-Rapidan Division of Court Services, hereinafter
called the "Program," which is established for the purpose of providing
services as ordered by the courts and for which funding is provided
under § 18.2-271.1 (driving under the influence; VASAP),
§ 18.2-270.1 (ignition interlock), § 18.2-259.1
(drug education), § 46.2-351.1[1] (habitual offender intervention), §§ 46.2-360
and 46.2-391 (Habitual Offender Reinstatement Evaluations) and § 46.2-490
(driver improvement clinics) as follows:
A.
A Policy Board shall be established to operate the
Program, that Board to consist of not more than five members, which
membership shall at all times include at least one member appointed
by the governing body of each participating county.
B.
Vacancies on the Policy Board shall be filled by the
governing body. A Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Policy Board shall
be elected annually by majority vote of the members.
C.
The Policy Board shall be responsible for operation
of the Program within the participating localities and shall hire
and supervise an Executive Director who shall be responsible for implementing
operational policies for the Programs, hiring and supervising the
staff of the Program and controlling all revenues and expenditures
of the Program. Such Executive Director and all other employees shall
serve at the pleasure of the Policy Board.
D.
An operating budget shall be prepared by the Executive
Director and submitted to the Policy Board annually, which budget
shall include receipts from offender fees and other sources as deemed
appropriate by the Policy Board, but which will include no receipts
from the participating bodies.
E.
An annual report describing the activities and financial
status of the Program shall be prepared under the supervision of the
Policy Board and submitted to each governing body.
F.
This agreement shall remain in effect from year to
year unless terminated by unanimous agreement of all participating
governing bodies. Any participating county may withdraw from the agreement
and from sponsorship of the Program at any time after 90 days' written
notice to the Executive Director and to all other participating governing
bodies. After such withdrawal, the withdrawing locality shall no longer
be entitled to representation on the Policy Board to any other participation
in the Program.
G.
The Program is authorized to acquire real property
and such articles of tangible personal property as the Policy Board
deems necessary or advisable for the operation of the Program, and
title to such property shall be vested in the Program so long as two
or more political subdivisions continue to participate. In the event
that only one political subdivision continues to participate in the
Program, the Program shall cease to operate as a joint exercise of
power, and any property then owned by the Program shall become the
property of the last subdivision remaining as a participant without
being subject to any claims by political subdivisions formerly participating.
H.
The Policy Board is authorized to adopt bylaws for
governing its operation for control of personnel and operation of
the Program and to take such other action not inconsistent with law
or with this agreement as its members deem advisable, all by majority
vote of its members and without concurrence from the participating
governing bodies.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Sections 46.2-351 to 46.2-355, Code of
Virginia, were repealed by Acts 1999, c. 945; Acts 1999, c. 987.
