Eric Phillips
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 48
Primary
Charter; City of Martinsville; town status;referendum. Amends the charter for the City of Martinsville torequire the circuit court for the City of Martinsville, prior tonotifying the Supreme Court of the City's adoption of an ordinanceand petition for an order granting town status to the City, to firstrequire an election to be held on the following question: "Shall theCity of Martinsville become a town?" The bill provides that if amajority of the qualified voters of the City voting on the questionare in favor of the transition from city to town status, the specialcourt shall enter the order granting town status in accordance withthe procedures, requirements, and provisions of general law.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/24)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER)
Read third time
Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on Local Government
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Presented and ordered printed 24105192D
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| Presented and ordered printed 24105192D | PDF HTML |
| HB1511ER | PDF HTML |
| CHAP0565 | PDF HTML |
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