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Upon the passage of such ordinance, funds for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets within the areas formerly a county shall continue to be allocated as if such areas were still in a county and the city shall not receive funds for maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets in those areas during the period the Department of Transportation furnishes such services. In those areas where the Department provides the above services, the governing body of the city shall have control over the streets and highways to the same extent as was formerly vested in the governing body of the county. At any time prior to the expiration of the ten-year period, the governing body may elect, by ordinance, to place its streets, or a portion of them, in the urban system of highways and shall receive funds as provided by law for all cities.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1298943,"text":"Any city formed under the provisions of this chapter may, by ordinance, elect to continue receiving, for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of the granting of a city charter, the full services of the Department of Transportation in the same manner and to the same extent such services were rendered prior to such city being formed. Upon the passage of such ordinance, funds for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets within the areas formerly a county shall continue to be allocated as if such areas were still in a county and the city shall not receive funds for maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets in those areas during the period the Department of Transportation furnishes such services. In those areas where the Department provides the above services, the governing body of the city shall have control over the streets and highways to the same extent as was formerly vested in the governing body of the county. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 85 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1384775,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348363,"identifier":"15.2-3918","token":"15.2\/III\/39\/15.2-3918","url":"\/15.2-3918\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3918\/","token":"15.2\/III\/39\/15.2-3918","dublin_core":{"Title":"Optional status of streets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any city<\/span> formed under the provisions of this chapter may, by ordinance<\/span>, elect to continue receiving, for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of the granting of a city<\/span> charter, the full services of the Department of Transportation in the same manner and to the same extent such services were rendered prior to such city<\/span> being formed. Upon the passage of such ordinance<\/span>, funds for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets within the areas formerly a county<\/span> shall continue to be allocated as if such areas were still in a county<\/span> and the city<\/span> shall not receive funds for maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets in those areas during the period the Department of Transportation furnishes such services. In those areas where the Department provides the above services, the governing body<\/span> of the city<\/span> shall have control over the streets and highways to the same extent as was formerly vested in the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span>. At any time prior to the expiration of the ten-year period, the governing body<\/span> may elect, by ordinance<\/span>, to place its streets, or a portion of them, in the urban system of highways and shall receive funds as provided by law<\/span> for all cities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPTIONAL STATUS OF STREETS (\u00a7 15.2-3918)\n\nAny city formed under the provisions of this chapter may, by ordinance, elect to\ncontinue receiving, for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of the\ngranting of a city charter, the full services of the Department of\nTransportation in the same manner and to the same extent such services were\nrendered prior to such city being formed. Upon the passage of such ordinance,\nfunds for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets within the\nareas formerly a county shall continue to be allocated as if such areas were\nstill in a county and the city shall not receive funds for maintenance,\nconstruction or reconstruction of streets in those areas during the period the\nDepartment of Transportation furnishes such services. In those areas where the\nDepartment provides the above services, the governing body of the city shall\nhave control over the streets and highways to the same extent as was formerly\nvested in the governing body of the county. At any time prior to the expiration\nof the ten-year period, the governing body may elect, by ordinance, to place its\nstreets, or a portion of them, in the urban system of highways and shall receive\nfunds as provided by law for all cities.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-977.18:1; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}