Bill Text: VA HB1766 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Newport News, City of; amending charter, inaugural meeting of newly elected council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198) [HB1766 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1766-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §4.05, as amended, of Chapter 576 of the Acts of Assembly of 1978 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§4.05. Inaugural meetings; induction of members and election of vice-mayor.
The first meeting of a newly elected council shall take place
on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the city council in the
month of July following the election at 10:00 a.m. at a place a time
and location specified for same in the notice sent to the council members
in accord with the manner set forth in §4.06 of this charter for special
meetings. At or before this first meeting, the oath of office shall be
administered to the duly elected members as provided by law. In the absence of
the mayor, the meeting may be called to order by the city clerk. The first
business of the council shall be the election of a vice-mayor and the adoption
of rules of procedure. Until this business has been completed, the council
shall not adjourn for a period longer than forty-eight hours.
