SB 597

            
2020 SESSION

20102408D

SENATE BILL NO. 597


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 7, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 1.2, 3.2, 3.6, and 6.8 of Chapters 690 and 742 of the Acts of Assembly of 2006, 
 which provided a charter for the Town of Elkton in the 
 County of Rockingham, relating to town boundaries; council meetings.
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Patron-- Hanger

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Referred to Committee on Local Government

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That �� 1.2, 3.2, 3.6, and 6.8 of 
 Chapters 690 and 742 of the Acts of Assembly of 2006 are amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 1.2. Boundaries.
 
 
The boundaries of the Town until altered shall be as follows:
 
 
a. All that area which constituted the Town of Elkton, 
 Virginia, prior to January 1, 2004, which is more particularly described by 
 metes and bounds as set out and recorded in the Clerks Office of the Circuit 
 Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, as Instrument Number 04035858 at Deed 
 Book 2573, page 216;
 
 
b. All that area annexed on January 1, 2004, which is 
 identified in the Ordinance recorded in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court 
 of Rockingham County, Virginia, at Deed Book 2415, page 117, dated December 22, 
 2003; and
 
 
c. All that area annexed on January 1, 2005, which is 
 identified in the Ordinance recorded in the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court 
 of Rockingham County, Virginia, at Deed Book 2602, page 105, dated December 28, 
 2004.
 
 
d. All 
 that area which is identified in an Order of the Joint Petition of the County 
 of Rockingham, Virginia, and the Town of Elkton, Virginia, recorded in the 
 Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in 
 Deed Book 2874, page 686, dated June 
 5, 2006.
 
 
e. All 
 that area which is identified in an Order of the Joint Petition of the County 
 of Rockingham, Virginia, and the Town of Elkton, Virginia, recorded in the 
 Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, 
 Virginia, in Deed Book 4258, page 
 24, dated June 14, 2013.
 
 
f. All that area which 
 is identified in an Order of the Joint Petition of the County of Rockingham, 
 Virginia, and the Town of Elkton, Virginia, recorded in the Clerks Office of 
 the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, in Deed Book 4820, page 129, 
 dated November 23, 2016.
 
 
� 3.2. Vacancies.
 
 
Any vacancy in the council shall be filled within 30 45 
 days, for the unexpired term, by a majority of the remaining voting members, 
 provided that if the term of office to be filled does not expire for two years 
 or more after the next regular election for councilmen following such vacancy 
 and such vacancy occurs in time to permit it, then the council shall fill such 
 vacancy only for the period then remaining until such election, and a qualified 
 person shall then be elected by the qualified voters and shall from and after 
 the date of his election and qualification succeed such appointee and serve the 
 unexpired term. The number of candidates for council equal to the number of 
 vacancies to be filled for full terms receiving the highest number of votes 
 shall be entitled to such full terms and the candidate receiving the next 
 highest number of votes shall be entitled to the unexpired term, caused by such 
 vacancy.
 
 
� 3.6. Meetings of council.
 
 
a. The council shall fix the time of its regular meetings, 
 which shall be at least once each month, and, except as herein provided, the 
 council shall follow Roberts Rules of Order, latest edition, for rules of 
 procedure necessary for the orderly conduct of its business, except where 
 inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth.
 
 
b. Minutes shall be kept of its official proceedings, and its 
 meetings shall be open to the public unless an executive session is called 
 according to law.
 
 
c. The mayor or any other two members of the council, may call 
 a special meeting upon a 36-hour written notice or an emergency meeting upon a 
 12-hour written notice to each council member stating the time, place, and 
 purpose for the meeting and served personally or left at the council members 
 usual place of business or residence by the Chief of Police, or 
 his or her designee. No business shall be transacted by the 
 council in such special or emergency meeting which has not been stated in the 
 notice; however, these requirements shall not apply when all members of the 
 council attend such meetings or waive notice thereof, nor shall this regulation 
 apply to an adjourned session from a regular meeting.
 
 
d. The agenda for a regular scheduled monthly council meeting 
 shall include a provision for public comments as defined in the town 
 ordinances.
 
 
e. A majority shall consist of four 
 voting members of the six voting members of the council and shall constitute a quorum.
 
 
� 6.8. How act cited.
 
 
This act shall be referred to or cited as the Elkton Charter 
 of 2006, as amended.