(1) There is created the Chesterfield County Board of Elections and Registration. There are nine members of the board who must be appointed by a majority of the Chesterfield County Legislative Delegation for terms of four years until their successors are appointed and qualify. The two additional members of the board added by this section must be appointed for terms of four years until their successors are appointed and qualify. The board shall hire a director who shall perform such duties and responsibilities as the board shall determine. The board shall supervise the director who must be accountable to it.
(2) A vacancy on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(3) Members of the board and its staff receive compensation as may be appropriated by the governing body of Chesterfield County.
(4) One of the nine members of the board shall serve as its chairman and the member to serve as chairman must be designated by the county legislative delegation.
(5) A member who misses three consecutive meetings of the board is considered to have resigned his office and a vacancy on the board exists which must be filled in the manner provided by this subsection.
(B) The Chesterfield County Election Commission and the Chesterfield County Registration Board are abolished on the effective date of this section and the powers and duties of the Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the Chesterfield County Board of Elections and Registration created by subsection (A).
(C) The current members of the Chesterfield County Election Commission and the Chesterfield County Registration Board shall act as the governing body of the new Chesterfield County Board of Elections and Registration until the nine members of this board appointed in the manner provided by this section take office at which time the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.