A. Any tourism improvement district established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this article, where there is no indebtedness, outstanding and unpaid, incurred to accomplish any of the purposes of the tourism improvement district, may be dissolved by majority vote of the local governing body. The tourism improvement district may be dissolved if the locality determines there has been misappropriation of funds, malfeasance, or a violation of law in connection with the management of the tourism improvement district. In the event of dissolution of a tourism improvement district, any remaining revenues, after all outstanding debts are paid, derived from the charge of fees, or derived from the sale of assets acquired with the revenues, or from bond reserve or construction funds, shall be appropriated for the purposes of the tourism improvement district plan or shall be refunded to the businesses that are charged a fee by applying the same method and basis that was used to determine the tourism improvement district fees that were charged.
B. During the operation of the tourism improvement district, there shall be a 30-day period each year in which owners of benefited businesses may request dissolution of the tourism improvement district. The first such period shall begin one year after the date of establishment of the tourism improvement district and shall continue for 30 days. The next such 30-day period shall begin two years after the date of the establishment of the tourism improvement district. Each successive year of operation of the tourism improvement district shall have such a 30-day period. Upon the written petition of the owners or authorized representatives of businesses in the tourism improvement district who pay 50 percent or more of the fees charged, the locality may by majority vote of the local governing body dissolve the tourism improvement district.
C. The locality shall hold a hearing on any proposed dissolution.
2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 24 - Service Districts; Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements
§ 15.2-2400. Creation of service districts
§ 15.2-2401. Creation of service districts by court order in consolidated cities
§ 15.2-2402. Description of proposed service district
§ 15.2-2402.1. Change to service district boundaries
§ 15.2-2403. Powers of service districts
§ 15.2-2403.1. Creation of urban transportation service districts
§ 15.2-2403.2. Virginia Wallops Research Park Leadership Council established
§ 15.2-2403.4. Community improvement districts
§ 15.2-2404. Authority to impose taxes or assessments for local improvements; purposes
§ 15.2-2406. How cost assessed or apportioned
§ 15.2-2408. Notice to landowner of amount of assessment
§ 15.2-2409. How notice given; objections
§ 15.2-2410. Appeal to court; duty of clerk of governing body, etc.
§ 15.2-2411. How such appeal tried; lien of judgment; when to take effect; how enforced
§ 15.2-2412. Docketing of abstracts of resolutions or ordinances
§ 15.2-2413. Installment payment of assessments
§ 15.2-2413.2. Filing of tourism improvement district plan
§ 15.2-2413.3. Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.4. Hearing on a proposed tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.5. Establishment or extension of the tourism improvement district
§ 15.2-2413.6. Local ordinances related to tourism improvement districts
§ 15.2-2413.7. Amendment to the tourism improvement district plan
§ 15.2-2413.9. Expenses of the tourism improvement district