Bill Text: VA HB2440 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appomattox, Town of; amending charter, shifts municipal elections from May to November, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB2440 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB2440-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§1 and 4, as amended, of the order of the Circuit Court of the County of Appomattox of 1925 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 salary 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 mayor and
council in office on July 1, 2017, 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 election of members to the town council
held on the first Tuesday in May 2018, the three council candidates receiving
the greatest number of votes shall be elected for terms of three and
one-half years, and the three council
candidates receiving the next greatest number of votes and the mayor shall be
elected for terms of one and
one-half years. 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 2019 for the three council seats first expiring
and for the mayor, and on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November 2021 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.
