10101154D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 43
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 7, 2010
Proposing amendments to Section 1 of Article V and Section 4
of Article VIII of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to executive power
and the Governor's term of office and to the Board of Education.
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Patron-- Purkey
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a
majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following
amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are,
proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held
after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its
concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of
the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 1 of Article V and Section 4 of Article VIII of
the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE
Section 1. Executive power; Governor's term of office.
The chief executive power of the Commonwealth shall be vested
in a Governor. He shall hold office for a term commencing upon his inauguration
on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January, next succeeding his
election, and ending in the fourth year thereafter immediately upon the
inauguration of his successor. He shall be ineligible to the
same office for the term next succeeding that for which he was elected, and to any
other office during his term of service. No person shall be
elected to the office of Governor more than twice, and no person who has held
the office of Governor, or acted as Governor, for
more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected Governor, shall
be elected to the office of Governor more than once. The
authorization to serve two terms in succession shall be
applicable to persons first elected
to serve as Governor in 2013 and
thereafter.
ARTICLE VIII
EDUCATION
Section 4. Board of Education.
The general supervision of the public school system shall be
vested in a Board of Education of nine members, to be. Four members,
including one member designated to serve as president of the Board, shall
be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by
the General Assembly. Three members shall be
appointed by the House of Delegates in accordance with the
rules of the House, and two members shall be appointed by the Senate in accordance with the rules of the
Senate. Each
appointment shall be for four years a four-year term beginning February 1, except
that those to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Terms shall be
staggered, so that no more than three regular appointments shall be made in the
same year. No person shall be appointed to serve
more than two consecutive full terms. The Governor shall
appoint the president and one additional member in January of 2011. The Governor shall
appoint one additional member in January of each of the two years following
2011. The House of Delegates shall appoint one member in January of each of the
three years 2012, 2013, and 2014. The Senate shall appoint one member in
January of 2013 and one member in January of 2014. Each member in office on the
effective date of this provision shall serve until his successor has been
appointed.
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