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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348343</law_id><section_number>15.2-3833</section_number><catch_line>Chapter not applicable to cities already existing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="38">Transition of Towns to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter shall not affect the organization, government, officers, charter or <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing any <span class="dictionary">city</span> declared to be such prior to January 1, 1976, under former acts of the General Assembly. <span class="dictionary">Statutes</span> under which cities declared to be such prior to January 1, 1976, were organized as cities shall continue in force.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-108; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1009; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
