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1995 SESSION
LD4663144Patrons--Plum, Almand, Callahan, Dillard, Harris, Hull, Keating, Mayer, Puller, Scott and Van Landingham; Senators: Barry and Gartlan
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-765.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.1-765.2. Committee for legislative audit and review; staff; records of investigations.
The governing body of any county which has adopted the urban county executive form of government may establish a committee for the audit and review of county agencies and county-funded functions. The committee shall be composed of not more than eleven members who shall be appointed by the governing body for a term of two years. The committee shall have the power to make performance reviews of operations of county agencies or county-funded programs to ascertain that sums appropriated are expended for the purposes for which such appropriations were made and to evaluate the effectiveness of those agencies and programs. The committee shall make such special studies and reports as it deems appropriate and as may be requested by the governing body. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.1-50.4, the governing body may appoint one or more of its members to serve on this committee.
The governing body shall be authorized to provide staff assistance to this
committee which shall be independent of the administrative staff of the
county. Any such staff shall be hired on the basis of merit and shall be
paid in conformity with existing pay scales. The director of the staff to
the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors, and if
removed, such removal shall not be subject to review by any other employee,
agency, board or commission of the county or under the grievance procedure
adopted pursuant to § 15.1-7.1. The director of any such staff shall be
known as the auditor of the board. Investigative notes,
correspondence, documentation and information provided to or produced by or
for the committee or the auditor [ and provided to the
board ] with respect to an investigation initiated by any means
shall be excluded from the disclosure provisions of § 2.1-342. However,
nothing in this section shall prohibit disclosure of information by the
committee or the auditor to the board from the records of completed
investigations in a form that does not reveal the identity of complainants,
persons supplying information or other individuals involved in the
investigation.