CHAPTER 119
An Act to amend and reenact § 3.1 of Chapters 398 and 520 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, which provided a charter for the Town of Nassawadox, relating to town elections.
[H 1749]
Approved March 18, 2021
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1 of Chapters 398 and 520 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1. Election, qualification, and term of office of
councilmen council members and mayor.
(a) The town of Nassawadox shall be governed by a town council
composed of six councilmen council members and a mayor, all of
whom shall be qualified voters of the town to be elected from the town at
large.
(b) The mayor and councilmen council members in
office at the time of the passage of this act a scheduled election
shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified.
An election for mayor and councilmen shall be held on the first Tuesday in May,
in 2010, and on the first Tuesday in May of every even-numbered year
thereafter. The council members and mayor so elected shall take office on the
first day of the following July, and shall each serve until their successors
are elected and have qualified The election for mayor and council
members shall take place on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November
every even-numbered year. The mayor and council members shall serve
two-year terms. The terms of office for those so elected shall commence on
January 1 immediately following said election.
(c) No mayor or council member of council shall
be an employee of the town, and upon the qualification of any such
person for such position, his employment with the town shall cease.