SB375: Charter; Town of Colonial Beach.

SENATE BILL NO. 375
Offered January 9, 2008
Prefiled January 8, 2008
A BILL to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 261 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960, which provided a charter for the Town of Colonial Beach, relating to the police department.
Patron-- Stuart

Referred to Committee on Local Government

Be it  enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 4, as amended, of Chapter 261 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4.  (a)  The council may appoint a clerk, a town attorney and such other officers (including those in subsection (b) of this article) as well as such other committees of the council and create such boards and departments as it deems necessary or proper, and define their duties and functions; such persons so appointed, as set out above, shall hold office during the pleasure of the council and shall give bond as the council requires and shall receive such compensation as the council prescribes.

(b)  The council may shall establish and maintain a police department which shall be under the supervision of a Chief of Police, who shall serve continuously after appointment by the town council, subject to dismissal by the town council, only because of:  inefficiency; malfeasance, misfeasance, and/or nonfeasance in office; other acts unbecoming a Police Officer; poor health or retirement, which dismissal, if any, may be made only after an appropriate investigation and hearing before the town council according to rules and regulations set up by the town councilbe appointed by the town council and serve at the pleasure of the town council.