                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REFERENDUM IN PAGE COUNTY ON ELECTION OF THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN FROM THE COUNTY AT
LARGE (§ 15.2-1213.1)

A. On or before August 15, 2004, the circuit court for Page County shall order a
referendum to be held on the question of whether the qualified voters of the
County shall elect a chairman of the board of supervisors from the county at
large to serve as chairman and as an additional member of the board. The
referendum shall be held at the time of the 2004 November general election. The
question to be placed on the ballot shall be as follows:
			&#8220;Shall the chairman of the county board of supervisors, to be known as
the county chairman, be elected by the voters of the county at large?
			[ ] Yes
			[ ] No&#8221;
			The election shall be held and the results certified as provided in
&#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-682 and 24.2-684.

B. Following certification of the election results by the electoral board, the
court shall enter an order proclaiming the results of such election and a duly
certified copy of such order shall be transmitted to the board of supervisors of
the County and the State Board of Elections. If a majority of the voters voting
in the referendum vote in favor of the election of a chairman at large, the
first election for a chairman shall be held at the November 2005 general
election, and the candidate elected shall serve for a term of four years.

C. The county chairman shall be the chairman of the county board of supervisors
and preside at the meetings thereof. The chairman shall represent the County at
official functions and ceremonial events. The chairman shall have all voting and
other rights, privileges, and duties of other members of the board and
additional rights, privileges, and duties not in conflict with general law as
the board may prescribe. At the first meeting at the beginning of its term and
any time thereafter when necessary, the board of supervisors shall elect a vice
chairman from its membership, who shall perform the duties of the chairman in
his absence.

HISTORY: 2004, cc. 18, 890.