§ 3.05. Election of other city officers.  


Latest version.
  • All other city officers required by the laws of the commonwealth to be elected by the qualified voters of the city shall be elected on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November preceding the expiration of the terms of office of their respective predecessors, for such terms as are prescribed by law. All such elective officers shall be nominated and elected as provided in the general laws of the commonwealth. A vacancy in the office of commissioner of revenue or city treasurer shall be filled by the council by majority vote of all its members for the interim period until a successor is elected at the next general election and takes office, as is provided in the Code of Virginia. The officers so elected or appointed shall qualify in the mode prescribed by law and shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified.

    (Acts 1952, ch. 301; Acts 1954, ch. 561; Acts 1956, ch. 190; Acts 1958, ch. 136; Acts 1979, ch. 421)

    State Law reference— General election date, Code of Virginia, §§ 24.2-101, 24.1-222.1.

(Acts 1952, ch. 301; Acts 1954, ch. 561; Acts 1956, ch. 190; Acts 1958, ch. 136; Acts 1979, ch. 421)

State law reference

General election date, Code of Virginia, §§ 24.2-101, 24.1-222.1.