Bill Text: VA HB1024 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Constitutional and local offices; special election to fill vacancy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0476) [HB1024 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HB1024-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §24.2-226 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §24.2-226. Election to fill vacancy. A. A vacancy in any elected local office, whether occurring
when for any reason an officer-elect does not take office or occurring after an
officer begins his term, shall be filled as provided by §24.2-228 or for
constitutional officers as provided in §24.2-228.1, or unless provided
otherwise by statute or charter requiring special elections within the time
limits provided in this title. The governing body or, in the case of an elected
school board, the school board of the county, city, or town in which the
vacancy occurs shall, within 15 days of the occurrence of the vacancy, petition
the circuit court to issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy as set forth
in Article 5 (§24.2-681 et seq.) of Chapter 6. Either upon receipt of the
petition or on its own motion, the court shall issue the writ ordering the
election promptly B. Notwithstanding any provision of law or charter to the contrary, no election to fill a vacancy shall be ordered or held if the general election at which it is to be called is scheduled within 60 days of the end of the term of the office to be filled. C. Notwithstanding any provision of law or charter to the contrary, when an interim appointment to a vacancy in any governing body or elected school board has been made by the remaining members thereof, no election to fill the vacancy shall be ordered or held if the general election at which it is to be called is scheduled in the year in which the term expires. |