Transition Of Towns To Cities
This is Chapter 38 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Transition Of Towns To Cities.” It is part of Title 15.2, titled “Counties, Cities And Towns.” It is part of Subtitle III, titled “Boundary Adjustments And Changes Of Status Of Counties, Cities And Towns.” It’s comprised of the following 34 sections.
- § 15.2-3800
- Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court
- § 15.2-3802
- Town and county agreement concerning proposed city
- § 15.2-3803
- Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading
- § 15.2-3804
- Parties
- § 15.2-3805
- Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
- § 15.2-3806
- Pretrial conference; matters considered
- § 15.2-3807
- Hearing and decision by court
- § 15.2-3808
- Assistance of state agencies
- § 15.2-3809
- Appeals
- § 15.2-3810
- Declining of grant of city status
- § 15.2-3811
- Proceeding final for three years
- § 15.2-3812
- Effect when town becomes city
- § 15.2-3813
- Town liabilities and assets
- § 15.2-3814
- Mayor of town to continue in office
- § 15.2-3815
- Council of town to continue in office; additional members
- § 15.2-3816
- Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer
- § 15.2-3817
- Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commissioner or assessor
- § 15.2-3818
- Town sergeant to continue in office
- § 15.2-3819
- Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city
- § 15.2-3820
- Election and terms of other city officers
- § 15.2-3821
- Qualification of officers; vacancies
- § 15.2-3822
- Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction
- § 15.2-3823
- Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city
- § 15.2-3824
- Town officers
- § 15.2-3825
- Courts
- § 15.2-3826
- Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk
- § 15.2-3827
- Transfer of assessments to city books
- § 15.2-3828
- State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city sales and use tax
- § 15.2-3829
- Assumption of debt; adjustment
- § 15.2-3830
- Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county
- § 15.2-3831
- Registrars and their duties
- § 15.2-3832
- Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel
- § 15.2-3833
- Chapter not applicable to cities already existing
- § 15.2-3834
- Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed