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HOUSE BILL NO. 1678 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 9, 2023 A BILL to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 96 of the Acts of Assembly of 1973, which provided a charter for the Town of White Stone in Lancaster County, relating to time of municipal election. ---------- 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 96 of the Acts of Assembly of 1973 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4. Election of council and mayor.

There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town of White Stone a mayor and seven councilmen council members. The mayor and seven councilmen council members so elected shall constitute the town council. On the first Tuesday in May, 1975, a mayor shall be elected for a term of three years and three councilmen shall be elected for terms of three years. The mayor and these three councilmen shall serve on the town council together with the four councilmen elected for two-year terms on the first Tuesday in May, 1974. On the first Tuesday in May, 1976, and in every election in even-numbered years thereafter, the councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years to fill the vacancies in council. The mayor shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May, 1978 and every four years thereafter. The council members and the mayor shall be elected in even-numbered years at the time of the November general election for staggered terms of four years. The council members and the mayor whose terms would expire July 1, 2022, or July 1, 2024, shall remain in office until the first business day of January 2023 or January 2025, as applicable, following the general election in November 2022 or November 2024. The mayor and councilmen council members shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first business day of July next in January succeeding their election and shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified.