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2014 SESSION
14102435DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of Chapter 730 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3. There shall be elected at the May general election of
2014, and every four years thereafter, from
the qualified voters of the town, one elector of the town who shall be
designated the mayor and six electors who shall be designated the councilmen. However, beginning with the election to
be held at the May general election in 2018, and every
four years thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor and three
councilmen. They shall qualify by taking the oath
prescribed by law before entering upon the duties of their offices on the first
day of July after their election. They shall hold said offices for the term of
four years until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner
removed. The mayor and councilmen holding office as of the effective date of
this charter shall continue in office until their successors enter upon the
duties of their offices as herein specified.