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1994 SESSION


CHAPTER 130
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1.2 and 12.2, as amended, of Chapter 319 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966, which provided a charter for the City of Fairfax, relating to boundaries and school boards.
[S 15]
Approved March 30, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 1.2 and 12.2, as amended, of Chapter 319 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966 are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1.2. Boundaries.

The corporate limits of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, as heretofore established, are hereby reestablished and the said corporate limits shall be as set forth in the final order entered on August 7, 1958, by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, sitting as a duly constituted Annexation Court, in Town of Fairfax v. County of Fairfax, At Law 7597, Circuit Court of Fairfax County, the order entered on December 15, 1980, by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-1031.1, et seq., in City of Fairfax, Virginia, and County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 51496, Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and the order entered on October 18, 1991, by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15.1-1031.1 et seq., in City of Fairfax, Virginia, and the County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 108937, Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and the order entered on October 22, 1993, by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, pursuant to Code of Virginia § 15.1-1031.1 et seq., in City of Fairfax, Virginia, and County of Fairfax, Virginia, Co-Petitioners, At Law 127258, Circuit Court of Fairfax County, and as thereafter lawfully changed.

§ 12.2. School Board.

(a) The School Board shall consist of five qualified voters of the City appointed by the City Council elected by popular vote at large. (b) The members of the School Board in office at the effective date of this Charter and any amendment hereto are hereby continued in office for the terms for which they were appointed; provided, however, that the term of each member shall expire June 30 of the year in which it would otherwise expire. Hereafter, the members of the School Board shall be appointed by the Council and shall serve for a term of three years, beginning July 1 of the year in which they shall be appointed. The election of members of the School Board shall be held to coincide with the election of the members of the City Council and mayor. The terms of the members of the School Board shall be the same as the terms of the members of the City Council and mayor. The School Board shall meet annually in July at which time the board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings for the ensuing year, shall elect one of its members chairman, and, on recommendation of the superintendent, shall elect or appoint a competent person as clerk of the School Board, and shall fix his compensation. In the discretion of the School Board, the superintendent may serve as clerk. The School Board shall conduct such other business, elect such other officers and make such other appointments at the annual meeting as it may, in its discretion, deem appropriate.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.