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HOUSE BILL NO. 164 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 10, 2022 A BILL to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 261 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960, which provided a charter for the Town of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, relating to appointments; chief of police. ---------- Patron-- Ransone ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 4, as amended, of Chapter 261 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4. (a) The council may appoint a clerk, a town attorney and such other officers (including those in subsection (b) of this article section) as well as such other committees of the council and create such boards and departments as it deems necessary or proper, and define their duties and functions; such persons so appointed, as set out above, shall hold office during the pleasure of the council and shall give bond as the council requires and shall receive such compensation as the council prescribes.

(b) The council shall establish and maintain a police department which that shall be under the supervision of a Chief chief of Police police, who shall be appointed by the town council manager and serve at the pleasure of the town council manager.