CHAPTER 632

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1958, approved February 18, 1958, relating to referenda to require
the governing bodies of certain counties to lay a uniform levy for
school purposes in lieu of district levies.

[S 338]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3 of Chapter 45 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved
February 18, 1958, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8. On the day named in the order the election officials of the county
shall open a poll and take the sense of the voters upon the question set
forth in the order. The referendum shall be conducted in accordance with
§ 24-141 of the Code and the results thereof ascertained and certified in
accordance therewith.

If a majority of those voting in the referendum vote against a uniform
county school levy the governing body may levy such taxes as in its judg-
ment seems best, subject to law. But if a majority of those voting vote for
a uniform county school levy the governing body of the county thereafter
shall, for * each succeeding tax year, lay a uniform county school levy and
the proceeds thereof shall be expended as provided by law for school
purposes including the repayment of district school obligations.