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HJ4: Constitutional amendment; General Assembly members'
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Sections 2 and 3 of Article IV, Sections 1 and 2 of Article V, and Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 2. Senate.
The Senate shall consist of not more than forty and not less
than thirty-three members, who shall be elected quadrennially by
the voters of the several senatorial districts on the Tuesday succeeding the
first Monday in November in 2011 and
every sixth year thereafter.
Section 3. House of Delegates.
The House of Delegates shall consist of not more than one
hundred and not less than ninety members, who shall be elected biennially
by the voters of the several house districts on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday in November in 2009 and
every fourth year thereafter.
Section 1. Executive power; Governor's term of office.
The chief executive power of the Commonwealth shall be vested
in a Governor. He shall hold office for a term commencing upon his inauguration
on the Saturday after the second Wednesday in January, next succeeding his
election, and ending in the fourth sixth year
thereafter immediately upon the inauguration of his successor. He shall be
ineligible to the same office for the term next succeeding that for which he
was elected, and to any other office during his term of service.
Section 2. Election of Governor.
The Governor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
Commonwealth at the time and place of
choosing members of the General Assembly on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday in November in 2009
and every sixth year thereafter. Returns of the election shall be
transmitted, under seal, by the proper officers, to the State Board of
Elections, or such other officer or agency as may be designated by law, which
shall cause the returns to be opened and the votes to be counted in the manner
prescribed by law. The person having the highest number of votes shall be
declared elected; but if two or more shall have the highest and an equal number
of votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by a majority of the total
membership of the General Assembly. Contested elections for Governor shall be
decided by a like vote. The mode of proceeding in such cases shall be
prescribed by law.
Section 1. Amendments.
Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be
proposed in the Senate or House of Delegates, and if the same shall be agreed
to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such
proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, the name
of each member and how he voted to be recorded, and referred to the General
Assembly at its first next regular
session held after the next general
election of members of the House of Delegates at least six months
after such agreement. If at such regular session or any subsequent
special session of that General Assembly held in the same
calendar year the proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed
to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the
duty of the General Assembly to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to
the voters qualified to vote in elections by the people, in such manner as it
shall prescribe and not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the
General Assembly. If a majority of those voting vote in favor of any amendment,
it shall become part of the Constitution on the date prescribed by the General
Assembly in submitting the amendment to the voters.
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