Virginia Code 30-1: Time and place of meeting of General Assembly
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The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Wednesday in January of each year. It shall sit at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, but may adjourn to any other place.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 30-1
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
- Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
The General Assembly may, by joint resolution, direct the holding of such session or sessions in the Restored Capitol at Williamsburg, Virginia, as to it may seem proper.
Code 1919, § 294; 1934, p. 99; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 22.