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2012 SESSION
12101251DBe 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. ]