SENATE BILL NO. 907 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 8, 2007 A BILL to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 167 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962, which provided a charter for the Town of Timberville, relating to council and mayoral elections. ---------- Patron-- Obenshain ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 4, as amended, of Chapter 167 of the Acts of Assembly of 1962 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4. The councilmen and the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town on the first Tuesday in May, 1972, in the manner prescribed by law, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of July following the date of their election. The three elected councilmen receiving the largest number of votes shall serve a term of four years each. The three other elected councilmen and the mayor shall serve a term of two years each. On the first Tuesday in May, 1974, and every two years thereafter, a mayor shall be elected for a term of two years and three councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years each., in the manner prescribed by law, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of July following the date of their election. At the regular municipal election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of each even-numbered year, the qualified voters of the town shall elect a mayor and one councilman for each councilman whose term expires on or the day before the first day of January following such election. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years, which commences on the first day of January following the date of his election and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified; however, the term of the mayor subject to expire June 30, 2008, shall be extended to December 31, 2008. Councilmen shall each serve for a term of four years, which commences on the first day of January following the date of their election and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; however, the terms of the three councilmen subject to expire June 30, 2008, shall be extended to December 31, 2008, and the terms of the three councilmen subject to expire June 30, 2010, shall be extended to December 31, 2010. Any vacancy occurring during the term for which a councilman has been elected shall be filled by the council from the electors of the town until a successor has been elected. The successor shall be elected at the next councilmanic regular municipal election as provided by law to fill the unexpired term of office. The council may elect one of their number vice-mayor to act in the place and stead of the mayor in the latter's absence. The term of office of the vice-mayor, if there be one, shall be the same as that provided for the mayor.