SB 874 — Kilmarnock, Town of; amending charter, November municipal elections.

SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2023 SESSION CHAPTER E55 An Act to amend and reenact § 3, as amended, § 20, and §§ 22 and 23, as amended, of Chapter 8 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 Extra Session, which provided a charter for the Town of Kilmarnock in Lancaster County, relating to town council elections;

R O [S 874] L Approved LMarch 21, 2023 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That § 3, as amended, § 20, and §§ 22 and 23, as amended, of Chapter 8 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 Extra Session isare amended and reenacted as follows:

D § 3.

(a)Tuesday Atin theMay regulardate municipalspecified electionby togeneral belaw heldfor onmunicipal theelections firsteach Tuesdayfour inyears Maythereafter, inthefirst 1986, and on the first mayor shall be elected.

At the regular municipal election to be held on the first Tuesday in May in 1984 and on the first Tuesday in May date specified by general law for municipal elections each two Searsyears thereafter, three councilmen council members shall be elected for a term of four years each.

Each councilman and the mayor elected as hereinabove provided shall sErveserve for the term stated or until his successor has 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 exp(b)expiration Theof remainingterm members of theoffice councilor shall,removal byof a majority vote thereof, fill any vacancy occurring in the council until the next election, in accordance with § 24.2-228 of theits Codemembers. of Virginia, for the entire unexpired term.

(b) The remaining members of the council shall, by a majority vote thereof, fill any vacancy occurring in the council until the next election, in accordance with § 24.2-228 of the Code of Virginia, for the entire unexpired term.

The council shall by ordinance adopt such rules as it may deem proper for the regulation of its proceedings and shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, provided, however, that it forshall thehold transactionat ofleast business.meetingone regular meeting each month.

A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum Thefor mayor, or any two members of the council,transaction may call a special meeting of thebusiness. council upon at least twelve hours written notice of the time, place and purpose to each member served personally or left at his usual place of business or residence by a town officer, and no business shall be transacted by the council in such special meeting which has not been stated in the notice, provided, however, that these regulations shall not apply when all members of the council attend such meeting or waive notice thereof, nor shall it apply to an adjourned session from a regular meeting.

NoThe ordinancemayor, or resolutionany recordedtwo affirmativemembers vote of the council, may call a majorityspecial meeting of allthe memberscouncil electedupon toat theleast council.sedtwelve excepthours bywritten notice of the Notime, taxplace shalland bepurpose leviedto each member served personally or corporateleft debtat contracted,his exceptusual place of business or residence by a votetown ofofficer, two-thirdsand ofno business shall be transacted by the council in such special meeting which has not been stated in the notice, provided, however, that these regulations shall not apply when all members of council,the whichcouncil voteattend such meeting or waive notice thereof, nor shall beit byapply yeasto andan naysadjourned andsession recordedfrom ina theregular minutes.meeting.

No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sum of one five hundred dollars shall be passed except by the recorded affirmative vote of a majority of all members elected to the council.

No tax shall be levied or corporate debt contracted, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members of council, which vote shall be by yeas and nays and recorded in the minutes.

But no vote shall be reconsidered or rescinded at any special meeting, unless at such special meeting there be present as large a number of members of the council as were present when such a vote wastingwas taken.