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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 3.04 and 6.05.1, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.04. Compensation of members of council; appointment of member to office of profit.
Councilmen Council members and the mayor shall receive as
compensation for their services such amounts as the council may determine,
not to exceed $8,000 per annum for councilmen and $10,000 per annum for
the mayor the maximum amounts allowable pursuant to § 14.1-47.2 of the
Code of Virginia (1950), as amended. No member of the council shall be
appointed to any office of profit under the city government during the term
for which elected and for one year thereafter.
§ 6.05.1. Authority for issuance of bonds.
A. No bonds of the city shall be issued until their issuance shall
have been authorized by an ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of all members of the council and approved by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting on the question at
an election called and held for the purpose and in the manner provided
by law for submitting any question or proposition to the voters; provided
that bonds.
B. No election shall be called pursuant to subsection A of this section unless the calling of such an election is approved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of the council.
C. Bonds and other obligations shall not be subject to the
foregoing requirements of subsection A of this section if they
are (a) (i) of a type excluded from the computation of
indebtedness of cities and towns under Section 10 (a) of Article VII of the
Constitution and are authorized and issued so as to satisfy the conditions
for exclusion set forth therein, or (b) (ii) refunding bonds;
provided, further, that the council may, without submitting the question of
their issuance to the qualified voters, issue bonds or other obligations in
any calendar year for any proper purpose in such amounts as shall not
increase the total indebtedness of the city, as determined in the manner set
forth in Section 10 (a) of Article VII, by more than ten million dollars
above the amount of such indebtedness at the beginning of such calendar year.
For the purposes of this paragraph subsection, the terms
"bonds," "other obligations" and "indebtedness" shall not include contractual
obligations of the city other than bonds and notes. For purposes of
determining the amount of bonds or other obligations that may be issued in
any calendar year without an election, there shall not be included (i) bonds
or other obligations that were approved at an election and (ii) refunding
bonds, in each case issued in such year. Authorized bonds or other
obligations which could have been issued without an election on December
thirty-one in the year they were authorized may be issued in a subsequent
year without affecting the annual limitation for such subsequent year.
D. The total indebtedness of the city as determined in accordance
with the provisions of Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution shall not
at any time exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real
estate in the city subject to taxation, as shown by the last preceding
assessment for taxes, nor shall the limitations imposed by the preceding
paragraph subsection on the issuance of bonds or other
obligations in any calendar year without a referendum be increased, until
after such questions shall have been submitted to the voters of the city in a
referendum held pursuant to § 3.09 of this charter.
2. That §§ 20.11 and 20.12 of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962 are repealed.
3. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.