SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2015 SESSION
15100291DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of Chapter 240 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3. The government of said town shall be vested in a mayor
and six councilmen, to be elected every two years, [ on the second
Tuesday of ] June, and all [ on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in ] November at the time of the general election, as follows: At
the 2015 election, the candidate for mayor receiving the most votes and the
candidates for council receiving the three highest vote totals shall be elected
to serve four-year terms, and new elections for mayor and those three council
seats shall be held at the time of the November 2019 general election and every
four years thereafter. At the 2015 election, the candidates for council
receiving the next three highest vote totals shall be elected to serve two-year
terms, and new elections for those three council seats shall be held at the
time of the November 2017 general election and every four years thereafter. The
term of office for mayor and council members shall begin on the first day of
January next following the date of their election and shall continue until their
successors have been duly elected and qualified. [ Council members
serving on council who were elected in May 2014 shall have their terms of
office shortened by six months but shall continue in office until their
successors have been elected at the November general election and have been
qualified to serve. ] All elections shall conform to the general
State elections governing towns. Any person entitled to vote in the county of
Southampton, and who has been a resident of said town for thirty days, and
whose name has been properly registered on the town registration books, and who
has otherwise complied with the laws of the State in regard to capitation tax,
shall be entitled to vote at any and all elections held under this act of
incorporation.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.