Virginia Constitution of 1971 § 5. First session of General Assembly following adoption of revised Constitution

The General Assembly shall convene at the Capitol at noon on the first Wednesday in January, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.  It shall enact such laws as may be deemed proper, including those necessary to implement this revised Constitution.  The General Assembly shall reapportion the Commonwealth into electoral districts in accordance with Article II, Section 6, of this Constitution.  The General Assembly shall be vested with all the powers, charged with all the duties, and subject to all the limitations prescribed by this Constitution except that this session shall continue as long as may be necessary;  that the salary and allowances of members shall not be limited by Section 46 of the Constitution of 1902 as amended and that the effective date limitation of Section 53 of the Constitution of 1902 as amended shall not be operative.