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CHAPTER 660 An Act to amend and reenact § 3.9 of Chapters 346 and 378 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001, which provided a charter for the Town of Wise, relating to council elections. [H 2177] Approved March 19, 2003

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3.9 of Chapters 346 and 378 of the Acts of Assembly of 2001 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.9. Prohibitions.

A member of council shall not be eligible during his or her tenure of office as such member, or for one year thereafter, to any compensated town employment. If appointed by the council to a board or commission, a member of council may be compensated as a member of the board or commission.

When the Town has a town manager, neither the council nor any of its members shall in any manner dictate appointment or removal of any town administrative officials or employees whom the manager or any of his subordinates are empowered to appoint, but council may express its views and fully and freely discuss with the manager anything pertaining to appointment and removal of such officials and employees.

No candidate for election to town council shall be identified by political affiliation on the ballot for any election.