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2002 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 56 of Chapter 712 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 56. Council may act by ordinance, resolution or motion.
Except in dealing with parliamentary procedure, the council shall act only by
ordinance or resolution. The council may act either by ordinance, resolution or
motion.
2. That all actions by city council prior to the effective date of this act that were taken by motion shall be considered to have been taken by ordinance or resolution.