Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 38 Transition Of Towns To Cities

15.2-3800 Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court
Any town, except a town located within a county or any portion of a county granted immunity as provided by Chapter 33 (§ 15.2-3300 et ...

15.2-3801 Referendum
Prior to the adoption of an ordinance petitioning the court for city status, the town council shall petition the court to order a referendum held ...

15.2-3802 Town and county agreement concerning proposed city
No court proceedings shall be instituted until the governing bodies of the town and county have failed, in the sole opinion of the governing body ...

15.2-3803 Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading
At least thirty days before instituting a proceeding for a grant of city status, a town shall serve notice on the county attorney, or if ...

15.2-3804 Parties
In any proceeding instituted under the provisions of this chapter, the county or counties in which the town is situated shall be made party to ...

15.2-3805 Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
The special court shall by order fix a time within which a voter, property owner or political subdivision not served may become a party to ...

15.2-3806 Pretrial conference; matters considered
The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under this chapter, direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it or, in its ...

15.2-3807 Hearing and decision by court
A. The special court shall enter an order granting city status to a town if, after hearing the evidence, it finds that: 1. The town ...

15.2-3808 Assistance of state agencies
The special court may, in its discretion, direct any appropriate state agency, in addition to the Commission on Local Government, to gather and present evidence, ...

15.2-3809 Appeals
Appeals may be granted by the Supreme Court of Virginia as provided in §§ 15.2-3221 and 15.2-3222, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. (1979, c. 85, ...

15.2-3810 Declining of grant of city status
In any proceeding brought under this chapter, the town council may, by ordinance or resolution, decline to accept city status on the terms and conditions ...

15.2-3811 Proceeding final for three years
If city status is denied a town, or if city status is declined under § 15.2-3810, no subsequent proceeding shall be brought under this chapter ...

15.2-3812 Effect when town becomes city
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, then: 1. Its charter, if it has one, shall remain in full force and effect insofar ...

15.2-3813 Town liabilities and assets
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the city shall be liable for the bonded indebtedness and current debts and obligations of the ...

15.2-3814 Mayor of town to continue in office
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the mayor of the town shall be the mayor of the city; shall receive the same ...

15.2-3815 Council of town to continue in office; additional members
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the town council shall be the city council and discharge the duties and exercise the authority ...

15.2-3816 Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the town treasurer, if there is one, shall be the city treasurer. If there is no ...

15.2-3817 Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commission...
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the commissioner of revenue or assessor of the town, if there is one, shall be the ...

15.2-3818 Town sergeant to continue in office
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the sergeant of the town, if there is one, shall be the sheriff of the city ...

15.2-3819 Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city
At a general election of city officers, to be held on the second Tuesday in May after a town is declared to be a city, ...

15.2-3820 Election and terms of other city officers
At the next general election of state officers after (i) the town is declared to be a city and (ii) the regular term of office ...

15.2-3821 Qualification of officers; vacancies
The officers for the election of whom provision is made by § 15.2-3820 whether elected at the first election for such officers held in the ...

15.2-3822 Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction
A. Any attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit court, or sheriff who performed his duties and had jurisdiction in both a city and ...

15.2-3823 Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city
Any county officer who resides in the county or in any town therein, and has an established home therein, which homesite becomes a part of ...

15.2-3824 Town officers
Except as provided in this chapter, if a town becomes a city, officers of the town shall be officers of the city until the expiration ...

15.2-3825 Courts
When a town is declared to be a city, such city shall at once be, become and continue unless and until changed by general law ...

15.2-3826 Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court cler...
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the circuit court having jurisdiction over the city shall appoint for the city an electoral board ...

15.2-3827 Transfer of assessments to city books
When the commissioner of the revenue of a city created under this chapter applies to the commissioner of the revenue of the county or other ...

15.2-3828 State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city ...
All state, county and district taxes on property within the territory occupied by a city created under this chapter that accrued before the city became ...

15.2-3829 Assumption of debt; adjustment
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the city shall assume and provide for the reimbursement of the county of a just and ...

15.2-3830 Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county
After a town becomes a city under this chapter, the costs and expenses of the circuit court for the county, including jury costs, and the ...

15.2-3831 Registrars and their duties
Upon its appointment, the electoral board for a city created under this chapter shall appoint a general registrar pursuant to § 24.2-110. The registration records ...

15.2-3832 Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel
In addition to the authority given by general law to cities, a city organized under this chapter may acquire in accordance with § 15.2-1800 or ...

15.2-3833 Chapter not applicable to cities already existing
This chapter shall not affect the organization, government, officers, charter or laws governing any city declared to be such prior to January 1, 1976, under ...

15.2-3834 Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed
Any city created under this chapter shall continue to be and remain a part of the congressional, senatorial and legislative districts, respectively, and of the ...