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SENATE BILL NO. 75 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled December 19, 2013 A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2 of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 2006, which provided a charter for the Town of Honaker in the County of Russell, relating to November elections and the mayoral term of office. ---------- Patron-- Puckett ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2.2 of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 2006 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2. Election, qualification, and term of office.

The mayor and six councilmen shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town on the first Tuesday in May 2006. The three members of council, each of whom has received more votes in such election than the other three members, shall serve as members of the council for terms of four years each. The remaining three members shall serve for terms of two years each. At the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May 2008 after the first Monday in November 2014, and every two years thereafter, three councilmen shall be elected, each for a term of four years beginning on July January 1 following their election. Each councilman elected as provided in this section shall serve for the term stated or until his successor has been elected and qualified. At the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May 2006 after the first Monday in November 2014, and every two years thereafter, the qualified voters shall elect a mayor to serve for a term of two four years or until his successor has been elected and qualified. The mayor and council in office on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in office until expiration of their terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. All town elections shall be held and conducted in the manner prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.