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2020 SESSION
20100981DPatrons-- Reid, Delaney, Gooditis, Hope, Levine, Rasoul, Samirah and Subramanyam; Senators: Bell and Vogel
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1422 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1422. Electing a chairman and vice-chairman or a mayor and vice-mayor.
Unless the chairman or mayor is elected by popular vote, every
governing body, at its first meeting after taking office, shall elect one of
its number as presiding officer. Such officer shall be called "chairman,"
"chairwoman," "chair," or "chair-at-large," in
the presiding officer's discretion, if a member of a board
of supervisors and "mayor" if a member of a city or town council.
Such member, if present, shall preside at the first meeting and all other
meetings during the term for which so elected. The governing body also shall
elect a vice-chairman or vice-mayor, as the case may be, who shall preside at
meetings in the absence of the chairman or mayor and may discharge any duty of
the chairman or mayor during his absence or disability. Chairmen and
vice-chairmen, and mayors and vice-mayors, may be so elected to serve
for terms corresponding with their terms as supervisors or councilmen or may be
elected for such other period as determined by the governing body. Whenever any
board or council at the time of such election, fails to designate the specific
term of office for which a chairman or vice-chairman, or a mayor or vice-mayor, is elected, it shall be
presumed that such officers were elected for a term of one year and shall serve
until their successors have been elected and qualify. Chairmen and
vice-chairmen, and mayors and vice-mayors, may succeed themselves in
office. In the case of the absence from any meeting of the chairman and
vice-chairman, or mayor and vice-mayor, the
members present shall choose one of their number as temporary presiding
officer.