Crewe, Town of; amending charter, changes to charter including town council, elections and powers.
Summary
Charter; Town of Crewe; town council; electionsand powers. Makes various changes to the charter for the Townof Crewe in Nottoway County, including (i) staggering town councilelections; (ii) changing from three to two the number of town councilmembers required to call a special meeting; and (iii) transferringfrom the town council to the town manager the authority to appoint,suspend, or terminate the chief of police with majority approval by the town council. The bill also repeals provisions related to theestablishment of a municipal court.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 21, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 123 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Charters
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Assigned Local Gov sub: Charters
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101181D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
FR
Frank Ruff
RRepublican
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