Bill Text: VA HB1858 | 2021 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, shifts local elections from May to November, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) [HB1858 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB1858-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§1 and 4 of the charter of the Town of Appomattox, which was granted by order of the Circuit Court of the County of Appomattox on June 2, 1925, and as amended by Chapter 43 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980, are amended and reenacted as follows:
§1. Election and appointment of officers, etc.
There shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town,
every two years on the first Tuesday in May of every even-numbered year, one
elector thereof who shall be denominated the mayor, and six electors, who shall
be denominated the councilmen of said town. The mayor and six councilmen shall
constitute the council of said town. The town council may appoint
a treasurer, commissioner of the revenue and shall have the
authority to appoint or employ a town
clerk, a treasurer, a commissioner of revenue, a
town manager, and the same person may serve in one or more of
such capacities, and whenever deemed wise a health or
sanitary officer, and such other officers as it may deem wise and
necessary appropriate
for the proper conduct of the
government of said the
town, and appoint committees and
boards, and prescribe and fix their duties, and shall have power to fix the
salary and compensation of said treasurer, town clerk, town manager and such
other officers, necessary, but such compensation shall be fixed by said council
before the officer chosen shall assume the duties of his office. The same person may serve in
one or more of such capacities. The town council shall have
the power to fix the salaries and compensation of said
employees and appointees as necessary, but such compensation shall be fixed by
said council before the individual chosen shall
assume the duties of office. The town council may also appoint committees and
boards and prescribe and fix their duties.
§4. Terms of office - vacancy and how filled.
The mayor and members of council shall enter
upon the duties of their office on the first day of July, next succeeding their
election, and shall continue in the office until their terms have expired, and
their successors shall have been elected and qualified in office on July 1, 2021, shall
continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which they were
elected or until their successors are elected and qualified. At the next
election of members to the town council held on the first Tuesday in May 2022,
the three council candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be
elected for three-and-one-half
year terms, and the three council candidates receiving the next greatest number
of votes and the mayor shall be elected for one-and-one-half
year terms. Thereafter, the council members shall be elected for terms of four
years, and the mayor shall be elected for a term of two
years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. An election shall
be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 2023 for the
three council seats first expiring and for the mayor, and on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November 2025 for the three council seats next expiring. Elections
thereafter shall be held every two years on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November. The term of each person elected under this section at a
November election shall begin on January 1 next following the election.
In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, or councilmen, elected by the
electors of said town, caused by death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy
shall be filled by a majority vote of the town council from the electors of the
town for the unexpired term.
