CHAPTER 422
An Act to amend and reenact § 15, as amended, § 17.1, §§ 21 and 32, as severally amended, and §§ 33.1, 47, and 49 of Chapter 662 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966, which provided a charter for the City of Lexington, relating to city council, city manager, city attorney, courts, and school board.
[H 792]
Approved April 8, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15, as amended, § 17.1, §§ 21 and 32, as severally amended, and §§ 33.1, 47, and 49 of Chapter 662 of the Acts of Assembly of 1966 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15. Organization meeting and meetings generally.
On the first regular meeting following the end of the fiscal calendar year and following the regular municipal election, the council shall meet in the council chambers and at that time the newly elected council members and mayor, after first having taken the oath of office prescribed by law, shall assume the duties of their offices. Thereafter , the council shall meet at such time as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution ; , except that they shall meet regularly not less than once each month.
§ 17.1. Council meeting to be public; exceptions.
All meetings of the council shall be public and open, except when by a recorded vote of a majority of those members present, the council shall declare that the public welfare requires secrecy.
Executive or closed meetings may be held only for the purpose and in the manner provided in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 21 37 (§ 2.1-340 2.2-3700 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia).