Upon the submission to the clerk of a locality of a written petition, signed by the business owners in the proposed tourism improvement district who will pay more than 50 percent of the fees proposed to be charged, a locality may initiate proceedings to form a tourism improvement district. The amount of the fees attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all fees proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees proposed to be charged.
Any petition shall include a summary of the tourism improvement district plan. That summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the tourism improvement district, information specifying where the complete tourism improvement district plan can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete tourism improvement district plan shall be furnished by the signatories of the petition upon request.
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