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2019 SESSION
19105049DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 352 of the Acts of Assembly of 1975 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. (a) The town shall be governed by a town council
composed of six councilmen councilmembers
and a mayor. Beginning with the 1998 elections, the councilmen
and mayor shall serve for terms of four years, or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified. Beginning in
2020, three councilmembers and the mayor shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the town on the Tuesday following the first Monday
in November. In 2022, the mayor and the three remaining councilmembers shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the town on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November. The councilmembers shall serve a term of four years, or until
their successors are duly elected and qualified. The mayor shall serve a term
of two years, or until his or her
successor is duly elected and qualified. The term of the mayor elected in
2016 and the terms of the
three councilmembers elected in
2016 shall expire December 31, 2020. The terms of the
three remaining councilmembers shall expire December
31, 2022. Elections thereafter shall be held on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November in even-numbered years.
(b) The councilmen councilmembers and mayor shall
be elected and qualify for office as provided by general law. The councilmen
councilmembers and mayor in office at the time of the
passage of this act or any subsequent change in general law shall continue
until the expiration of the their terms for which
they were elected or until their successors are duly elected and
qualified, whichever may be later. A change in general law may, if need be,
abbreviate the term of councilmen and the mayor initially elected following
such change.
(c) The mayor shall preside over meetings of the town council and shall be the chief official of the town for ceremonial purposes. He shall have the same powers and duties as other members of the council with a vote only in the event of a tie. The mayor may receive a salary as such, the amount also to be fixed by the council, but in no event to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per year.