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LD6869739
HOUSE BILL NO. 1593 FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by Senator Stolle on February 16, 1995) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Tata) A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.01, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, relating to election of the mayor and members of council.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3.01, as amended, of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.01. Division of city into districts; advisory referendum.

A. The city shall be divided into seven boroughs. One of such boroughs shall comprise the City of Virginia Beach as existing immediately preceding the effective date of this charter and shall be known as the borough of Virginia Beach, and the remaining six boroughs shall comprise the six magisterial districts of Princess Anne County as existing immediately preceding the effective date of this charter and shall be known as the boroughs of Bayside, Blackwater, Kempsville, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne (formerly known as Seaboard) and Pungo. The council shall consist of eleven members, including the mayor, one member to be elected by the city at large from among the residents of each of the seven boroughs and three members and the mayor to be elected by and from the city at large.

B. The city council shall, no later than January 1, 1996, petition the circuit court to order an advisory referendum to be held on the two questions of (i) whether the city's seven boroughs shall be of approximately equal populations and (ii) whether the council member elected from each borough shall be elected by the qualified voters of that borough rather than at large. The wording of the two questions shall be determined by majority vote of the city council and shall be included in the petition. Upon the filing of the petition, the circuit court shall order that an advisory referendum be held on the two questions in the city at the municipal elections to be held in May 1996.