Bill Text: VA SB139 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: County precincts; separate precinct for certain towns.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-24 - House: Continued to 2013 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote [SB139 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB139-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 139 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-307.1, relating to elections; precinct requirements for certain towns. ---------- Patrons-- Puller and Colgan ---------- Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-307.1 as follows:

§24.2-307.1. Precinct requirements for county precincts containing certain towns.

Notwithstanding the provisions of §24.2-307, the governing body of any county containing a town wholly surrounded by the combination of a base of the United States armed forces and water shall establish by ordinance a separate county precinct to be wholly contained within the town.