15.2-3543 - Electoral board, general registrar and officers of election.
§ 15.2-3543. Electoral board, general registrar and officers of election.
A. If any county and all incorporated towns located therein consolidate intoa county or city, the members of the electoral board, general registrar andofficers of election of the consolidating county or city shall continue toserve as like officers of the consolidated county or city until theexpiration of the terms to which they were appointed.
B. If one or more counties or cities consolidate into a single county orcity, the provisions set forth in this subsection shall apply as follows:
1. Electoral Board. - The terms of the electoral board members of theconsolidating localities shall expire on the effective date of consolidation.The judges of the circuit courts of the consolidating localities, no laterthan thirty days prior to the effective date of consolidation, shall appointpursuant to § 24.2-106 for the consolidated county or city an electoral boardof three members who shall qualify and take office on the day following theeffective date of consolidation. The term of the first member so appointedshall expire at midnight on the last day of February in the year followingthe year in which he takes office; the term of the second member appointedshall expire one year later; and the term of the third member shall expiretwo 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) designateone of the general registrars of the consolidating jurisdictions to serve asthe general registrar of the consolidated county or city until midnight onMarch 31 following the effective date of consolidation and (ii) appointpursuant to §§ 24.2-109 and 24.2-115 the officers of election for theconsolidated county or city. At a meeting to be held in the first week ofMarch following the effective date of consolidation, such electoral boardshall appoint pursuant to §§ 24.2-109 and 24.2-110 a general registrar forthe consolidated county or city who shall qualify and take office on April 1following the effective date of consolidation and serve for the remainder ofthe term set forth in § 24.2-110.
2. General Registrar. - The general registrars of the consolidatingjurisdictions shall continue in office, with one of them designated thegeneral registrar for the consolidated county or city as hereinaboveprovided, until midnight on March 31 following the effective date ofconsolidation during which time they shall compile, on the schedule and inthe manner prescribed by the State Board of Elections, the registrationrecords for the consolidated county or city. The governing body of theconsolidated county or city shall pay the salary of each such generalregistrar in the amount authorized by the State Board of Elections and shallbe reimbursed for such compensation from the state treasury.
3. Officers of Election. - The terms of the officers of election of theconsolidating jurisdictions shall expire on the effective date ofconsolidation.
(1986, c. 312, § 15.1-1141.2; 1997, c. 587.)