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1996 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1552
Offered February 9, 1996
A BILL to authorize changes in the size of a quorum of council in certain towns.
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Patron-- Cranwell
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Consent to introduce
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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The council of any town with a population of less than 200, situated within a county whose population was less than 5,000 according to the 1990 census, may by resolution establish the size of a quorum of the council at three of its five members, notwithstanding any charter provision as to the size of a quorum to the contrary.

2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.