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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1 of Chapter 255 of the Acts of Assembly of 1974 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. Election, qualification, and term of office.
(a) The town of Virgilina shall be governed by a town council composed of six councilmen and a mayor, all of whom shall be qualified voters of the town.
(b) The mayor and councilmen in office at the time of the
passage of this act shall continue until the expiration of the
terms term for which they were elected expires or until
they are replaced by virtue of the
passage of this amendment.
An election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the
first Tuesday in May, 1974 November 2012, and those
elected shall take office at the expiration of the present incumbents' terms
and hold same until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Thereafter, there shall be an election on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in May November of each even numbered
year, and those elected shall take office on the first day of the succeeding July
January for a term of two years.
(c) The mayor shall preside over meetings of the town council and shall be the chief official of the town for ceremonial purposes. He shall have the same powers and duties as other members of the council with a vote but no veto power.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.