12103305D
SENATE BILL NO. 608
Offered January 19, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact §3.1 of Chapter 177 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1999, which provided a charter for the Town of Gate City, in
Scott County, relating to elections.
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Patron-- Carrico
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Referred to Committee on Local Government
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §3.1 of Chapter 177 of the Acts of Assembly of
1999 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§3.1. Election, qualification and term of office.
A. The Town of Gate City shall be governed by a town council,
composed of a mayor and five other members, all of whom shall be qualified
voters of the town.
B. There
shall be an election of a mayor and five other members of council in May of
each even-numbered year, and every two years thereafter at the regular May
municipal election date. At such elections, a mayor and five additional council
members shall be elected to serve until their successors are duly elected and
qualified The
mayor and five council members shall
be elected at large by the qualified voters of the town, and
their terms of office shall be for four years, subject, however, to provisions for the terms for the years 2012 and 2014. An election
shall be held on the first Tuesday in May 2012 to elect a mayor and five
council members. The mayor and the three
council members receiving the highest number of votes in such
election shall serve terms of
four years from July 1, 2012, to
June 30, 2016, and thereafter until
their successors have been elected and qualify; the two
council members receiving the next highest number of votes in
such election shall serve for terms of two years from July 1,
2012, to June 30, 2014, and for
terms of four years thereafter until their
successors have been elected and qualify. Thereafter, elections
shall be held on the first Tuesday of May of each
even-numbered year to fill the vacancies for the
council members and mayor whose terms of
office expire in that year or to fill the vacancy of any member who has
resigned or been removed from office during his term. The mayor and council members shall take
office thereafter on July 1 of the year in which they have been elected.
C. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council and
shall be recognized as head of the town government for ceremonial purposes and
by the Governor for the purposes of military law. He shall vote only in cases
where the votes of the council are evenly divided.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force
from its passage.
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