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1996 SESSION

961341350
HOUSE BILL NO. 205
House Amendments in [ ] -- February 12, 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 in the same manner in which general law provides for the filling of vacancies of city council members pursuant to §§ 24.2-226 and 24.2-228 with the interim appointment to be made ] 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.