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2002 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 552
Offered January 9, 2002
Prefiled January 8, 2002
A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 646 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968, which provided a charter for the Town of Herndon, in Fairfax County, relating to elections.
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Patron-- Rust
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 646 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.1. Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Council Members and Mayor.

(a) The Town of Herndon shall be governed by a town council composed of six councilmen council members and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town, and all of whom shall be elected in non-partisan elections.

(b) The mayor and councilmencouncil members in office at the time of the passage of this act shall continue in office until the first day of July, 1974. An election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, 1974, and on the first Tuesday in May of every second year thereafter shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May of each even- numbered year. The mayor and councilmen council members elected under this act section shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the first day of July next succeeding his or theirfollowing the election.