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1996 SESSION

961341350
HOUSE BILL NO. 205
Offered January 10, 1996
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.05 of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the City of Virginia Beach, relating to school boards.
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Patrons-- McDonnell, Drake, Purkey, Tata, Wagner and Wardrup; Senators: Earley and Schrock
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.05 of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.05. FILLING VACANCIES ON SCHOOL BOARD. When a vacancy occurs in the office of an elected school board member, the vacancy shall be filled pursuant to § 24.1-76 of the Code of Virginia within sixty days for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the board. If the vacancy is that of a school board member elected from a borough, the vacancy shall be filled by a qualified voter residing in the same borough.