CHAPTER 679
An Act to amend and reenact §2.2 of Chapter 323 of the Acts
of Assembly of 2006, which provided a charter for the Town of Honaker in the
County of Russell, relating to November elections and the mayoral term of office.
[S 75]
Approved April 6, 2014
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2 of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 2006
is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2. Election, qualification, and term of office.
The mayor and six councilmen shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the town on the first Tuesday in May 2006. The three
members of council, each of whom has received more votes in such election than
the other three members, shall serve as members of the council for terms of four
years each. The remaining three members shall serve for terms of two years
each. At the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May
2008, and every two years thereafter, three councilmen shall be elected, each
for a term of four years beginning on July 1 following their election. Each
councilman elected as provided in this section shall serve for the term stated
or until his successor has been elected and qualified. At the regular municipal
election to be held on the first Tuesday in May 2006, and every two years
thereafter, the qualified voters shall elect a mayor to serve for a term of two
years or until his successor has been elected and qualified. The mayor and
council in office on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in
office until expiration of their terms and until their successors are elected
and qualified. All town elections shall be held and conducted in the manner
prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. members of
council in office on the effective date of this act shall serve until their
successors have been elected and qualified. Municipal elections within the Town
of Honaker shall take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November of each even-numbered year and shall coincide with the November
general elections. At each such regular municipal election, three council
members shall be elected for terms of four years each. Beginning with the
regular municipal election in November 2014, the mayor shall be elected for a
term of four years. The terms of office for the council members and mayor so
elected shall commence on January 1 immediately following such election and
shall continue until their successors have been elected and qualified. The
council shall be a continuing body and no measure pending before such body
shall abate or be discontinued by reason of expiration of the term or removal
of any of its members.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its
passage.
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