CHAPTER 727
An Act to amend and reenact § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 352 of the Acts of Assembly of 1975, which provided a charter for the Town of Keysville in Charlotte County, relating to elections.
[H 2807]
Approved March 21, 2019
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1, as amended, of Chapter 352 of the Acts of Assembly of 1975 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. (a) The town shall be governed by a town council
composed of six councilmen councilmembers and a mayor.
Beginning with the 1998 elections, the councilmen and mayor shall serve for
terms of four years, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Beginning in 2020, three councilmembers and the mayor shall be elected by the
qualified voters of the town on the Tuesday following the first Monday in
November. In 2022, the mayor and the three remaining councilmembers shall be
elected by the qualified voters of the town on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November. The councilmembers shall serve a term of four years, or
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The mayor shall serve a
term of two years, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
The term of the mayor elected in 2016 and the terms of the three councilmembers
elected in 2016 shall expire December 31, 2020. The terms of the three
remaining councilmembers shall expire December 31, 2022. Elections thereafter
shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even-numbered
years.
(b) The councilmen councilmembers and mayor
shall be elected and qualify for office as provided by general law. The
councilmen councilmembers and mayor in office at the time of the
passage of this act or any subsequent change in general law shall continue
until the expiration of the their terms for which they were
elected or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, whichever
may be later. A change in general law may, if need be, abbreviate the term of
councilmen and the mayor initially elected following such change.
(c) The mayor shall preside over meetings of the town council and shall be the chief official of the town for ceremonial purposes. He shall have the same powers and duties as other members of the council with a vote only in the event of a tie. The mayor may receive a salary as such, the amount also to be fixed by the council, but in no event to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per year.