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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 249<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1414745,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355761,"identifier":"24.2-304.6","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.6","url":"\/24.2-304.6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-304.6\/","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of reapportionment on appointments and terms of local officers, school board and planning commission members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-304.6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

County, city, or town officers, including members of the school board<\/span> or planning commission, in office on the effective date of a reapportionment or redistricting ordinance<\/span>, shall complete their terms of office, regardless of loss of residency in a particular district due to reapportionment or redistricting.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF REAPPORTIONMENT ON APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF LOCAL OFFICERS, SCHOOL\nBOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS (\u00a7 24.2-304.6)\n\nCounty, city, or town officers, including members of the school board or\nplanning commission, in office on the effective date of a reapportionment or\nredistricting ordinance, shall complete their terms of office, regardless of\nloss of residency in a particular district due to reapportionment or\nredistricting.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 249.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}