<P> Article IV establishes the basic structure and authority of the Virginia legislature . The legislative power of the state is vested in the Virginia General Assembly, which consists of the Virginia Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates. § 17 of Article IV gives the legislature the power to impeach members of the executive and judicial branches . </P> <P> The original § 14 of Article IV forbade the incorporation of churches, though the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision, in its 1969 report, had recognized that the prohibition was probably invalid . The federal district court for the Western District of Virginia ruled in April 2002 that this provision of the Virginia Constitution was in fact unconstitutional, because it violates the federal constitutional right to the free exercise of religion . The court found that it is unconstitutional to deny a church the option to incorporate under state law when other groups can incorporate . An amendment striking the ban on church incorporation was approved by Virginia voters in November 2006 . </P> <P> The fifth Article similarly defines the structure and powers of the executive branch . The Governor of Virginia is invested as the chief executive, though § 1 of Article V, provides that the governor may not run for successive terms . The offices of lieutenant governor and attorney general are established as supporting elected constitutional positions . </P> <P> The constitutional powers of the governor include the ability to sign legislation, veto bills (which veto may then be overridden by a two - thirds majority of both houses of the assembly), and issue pardons . </P>

What three offices made up virginia's representative government