CHAPTER 71
An Act to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 96 of the Acts of Assembly of 1973, which provided a charter for the Town of White Stone in Lancaster County, relating to time of municipal election.
[H 1678]
Approved March 21, 2023
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 4, as amended, of Chapter 96 of the Acts of Assembly of 1973 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 4. Election of council and mayor.
There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town of
White Stone a mayor and seven councilmen council members. The
mayor and seven councilmen council members so elected shall
constitute the town council. On the first Tuesday in May, 1975, a mayor
shall be elected for a term of three years and three councilmen shall be
elected for terms of three years. The mayor and these three councilmen shall
serve on the town council together with the four councilmen elected for two-year
terms on the first Tuesday in May, 1974. On the first Tuesday in May, 1976, and
in every election in even-numbered years thereafter, the councilmen shall be
elected for terms of four years to fill the vacancies in council. The mayor
shall be elected on the first Tuesday in May, 1978 and every four years
thereafter. The council members and the mayor shall be elected in
even-numbered years at the time of the November general election for staggered
terms of four years. The council members and the mayor whose terms would expire
July 1, 2022, or July 1, 2024, shall remain in office until the first business
day of January 2023 or January 2025, as applicable, following the general
election in November 2022 or November 2024. The mayor and councilmen
council members shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on
the first business day of July next in January succeeding
their election and shall continue in office until their successors are elected
and qualified.