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2004 SESSION
044707472RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 1 of Article V and Section 4 of Article VIII of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 1. Executive power; Governor's term of office.
The chief executive power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Governor. He
shall hold office for a term commencing upon his inauguration on the Saturday
after the second Wednesday in January, next succeeding his election, and ending
in the fourth year thereafter immediately upon the inauguration of his
successor. He No person shall be ineligible eligible to be elected more than
two times to the same office for the term next succeeding that for which he was
elected of Governor, and the Governor shall be ineligible to any other office
during his term of service. Only persons who are first elected to the office
of Governor in the year 2005 and thereafter shall be eligible to be elected to
two successive terms as Governor.
Section 4. Board of Education.
The general supervision of the public school system shall be vested in a Board
of Education of nine members, to be. Four members, including one member
designated to serve as president of the Board, shall be appointed by the
Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. Three members shall
be appointed by the House of Delegates in accordance with the rules of the
House, and two members shall be appointed by the Senate
in accordance with the rules of the Senate. Each appointment shall be for four
years a four-year term beginning February one, except that those to fill
vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Terms shall be staggered, so that no more than three regular appointments
shall be made in the same year. No person shall be appointed to serve more than
two consecutive full terms. Upon being inaugurated, the Governor shall appoint
the president and one additional member. The Governor shall appoint one
additional member in each of the two years following his inaugural year. The
House of Delegates shall appoint one member in each of the three years
following the Governor's inaugural year. The Senate shall appoint one member in
the second year and one member in the third year following the Governor's
inaugural year. Each member in office on the effective date of this provision
shall serve until his successor has been appointed.