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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 3.4 and 3.7 of Chapter 124 of the Acts of Assembly of 2002 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.4. Election and term of office.
The council shall be elected in the manner provided by Virginia elections laws. Three council members shall be elected on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in May November of the year 2002
2006 and every four years thereafter. Two other council members shall be
elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May
November of the year 2004 2008 and every four years
thereafter.
The term of office for all council members shall begin on the
first day of July January next following their election, and they
shall serve for a term of four years or until a successor shall have been
elected and qualified; provided, however, that the terms of the three
council members subject to expire June 30, 2006, shall be extended to December
31, 2006, and the terms of the two council members subject to expire June 30,
2008, shall be extended to December 31, 2008. The council members may
succeed themselves as often as the voters may choose.
§ 3.7. Mayor and vice-mayor.
At the first meeting of the council in July January
of each even odd-numbered year, the council shall elect from its
members a mayor who shall be one of said five council members and who shall
serve for a term of two years. The mayor as a member of the council shall have
the same powers and duties as other members of the council, with a vote, but no
veto. In addition, the mayor shall preside at meetings of the council, shall be
recognized as head of the town government for all ceremonial purposes, for
purposes of military law, and for the service of civil processes but shall have
no administrative duties.
At the first meeting of the council in July January
of each even odd-numbered year, the council shall also elect from
its members a vice-mayor who shall serve for a term of two years. The
vice-mayor shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor.
The mayor and vice-mayor in office at the time of the passage of the amendment to this charter shall continue in office as mayor and vice-mayor, respectively, until the first meeting of the council in January 2007.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.