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2013 Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS.
Chapter 38 - Transition of Towns to Cities
- Section 15.2-3800 - Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court
- Section 15.2-3801 - Referendum
- Section 15.2-3802 - Town and county agreement concerning proposed city
- Section 15.2-3803 - Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading
- Section 15.2-3804 - Parties
- Section 15.2-3805 - Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
- Section 15.2-3806 - Pretrial conference; matters considered
- Section 15.2-3807 - Hearing and decision by court
- Section 15.2-3808 - Assistance of state agencies
- Section 15.2-3809 - Appeals
- Section 15.2-3810 - Declining of grant of city status
- Section 15.2-3811 - Proceeding final for three years
- Section 15.2-3812 - Effect when town becomes city
- Section 15.2-3813 - Town liabilities and assets
- Section 15.2-3814 - Mayor of town to continue in office
- Section 15.2-3815 - Council of town to continue in office; additional members
- Section 15.2-3816 - Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer
- Section 15.2-3817 - Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commission...
- Section 15.2-3818 - Town sergeant to continue in office
- Section 15.2-3819 - Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city
- Section 15.2-3820 - Election and terms of other city officers
- Section 15.2-3821 - Qualification of officers; vacancies
- Section 15.2-3822 - Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction
- Section 15.2-3823 - Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city
- Section 15.2-3824 - Town officers
- Section 15.2-3825 - Courts
- Section 15.2-3826 - Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court cler...
- Section 15.2-3827 - Transfer of assessments to city books
- Section 15.2-3828 - State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city ...
- Section 15.2-3829 - Assumption of debt; adjustment
- Section 15.2-3830 - Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county
- Section 15.2-3831 - Registrars and their duties
- Section 15.2-3832 - Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel
- Section 15.2-3833 - Chapter not applicable to cities already existing
- Section 15.2-3834 - Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed
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