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2012 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.8 of Chapter 131 of the Acts of Assembly of 1977 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.8. MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.
The town council shall fix the time of its stated meetings,
and it shall meet at least once a month and, except as herein provided, the
council shall establish its own rules of procedure and such rules as are
necessary for the orderly conduct of its business not inconsistent with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A journal shall be kept of its official
proceedings and its meetings shall be open to the public. Five Four
members of the town council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting. Special meetings may be called at any time by the
mayor or by any four members of the council; provided that the mayor and all
council members are duly notified a reasonable period of time prior to such
meetings and no business shall be transacted at a special meeting thereof
except that for which it shall be called. If all members are present, this
provision may be waived by a majority vote of the council. No ordinance,
resolution, motion or vote shall be adopted by the council unless it shall have
received the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present. But no
ordinance or resolution shall be adopted or passed having for its object the
levying of taxes except by a concurring vote of two-thirds of the members of
council.