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2007 SESSION
072097472RESOLVED 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 shall be ineligible to the same office for the
term next succeeding that for which he was elected, and to any
other office during his term of service. No person shall be
elected to the office of Governor more than twice, and no person who has held
the office of Governor, or acted as Governor for more than two years of a term
to which some other person was elected Governor, shall
be elected to the office of Governor more than once. The
authorization to serve two terms in succession shall be
applicable to persons first elected
to serve as Governor in
2009 and thereafter.
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 1,
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.