                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTORAL BOARD, GENERAL REGISTRAR AND OFFICERS OF ELECTION (§ 15.2-3543)

A. If any county and all incorporated towns located therein consolidate into a
county or city, the members of the electoral board, general registrar and
officers of election of the consolidating county or city shall continue to serve
as like officers of the consolidated county or city until the expiration of the
terms to which they were appointed.

B. If one or more counties or cities consolidate into a single county or city,
the provisions set forth in this subsection shall apply as follows:
			1.&#xA0;Electoral Board. &#8212; The terms of the electoral board members of
the consolidating localities shall expire on the effective date of
consolidation. The judges of the circuit courts of the consolidating localities,
no later than thirty days prior to the effective date of consolidation, shall
appoint pursuant to &#xA7; 24.2-106 for the consolidated county or city an
electoral board of three members who shall qualify and take office on the day
following the effective date of consolidation. The term of the first member so
appointed shall expire at midnight on the last day of February in the year
following the year in which he takes office; the term of the second member
appointed shall expire one year later; and the term of the third member shall
expire two years later. At a meeting to be held on the day its members take
office, the electoral board for the consolidated county or city shall (i)
designate one of the general registrars of the consolidating jurisdictions to
serve as the general registrar of the consolidated county or city until midnight
on March 31 following the effective date of consolidation and (ii) appoint
pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-109 and 24.2-115 the officers of election for the
consolidated county or city. At a meeting to be held in the first week of March
following the effective date of consolidation, such electoral board shall
appoint pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-109 and 24.2-110 a general registrar for
the consolidated county or city who shall qualify and take office on April 1
following the effective date of consolidation and serve for the remainder of the
term set forth in &#xA7; 24.2-110.
			2.&#xA0;General Registrar. &#8212; The general registrars of the
consolidating jurisdictions shall continue in office, with one of them
designated the general registrar for the consolidated county or city as
hereinabove provided, until midnight on March 31 following the effective date of
consolidation during which time they shall compile, on the schedule and in the
manner prescribed by the State Board of Elections, the registration records for
the consolidated county or city. The governing body of the consolidated county
or city shall pay the salary of each such general registrar in the amount
authorized by the State Board of Elections and shall be reimbursed for such
compensation from the state treasury.
			3.&#xA0;Officers of Election. &#8212; The terms of the officers of election
of the consolidating jurisdictions shall expire on the effective date of
consolidation.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 312, § 15.1-1141.2; 1997, c. 587.