If voter approval of any bond issue by a locality is required by the Constitution of Virginia or this chapter or any charter provision, a copy of the resolution or ordinance adopted by the governing body of the locality, certified by the clerk of the governing body, requesting that a referendum on the question of the issuance of the bonds be held, shall be filed with the circuit court for the locality or in the case of a town the circuit court for the county in which the town is located. The circuit court shall order a special election, in accordance with § 24.2-681 et seq., requiring the election officers of the locality on the day fixed in the order to open the polls and take the sense of the voters of the locality on the question of contracting the debt and issuing bonds for the purpose or purposes set forth in the resolution or ordinance. When any town is situated partly in two or more counties, the certified copy of the resolution or ordinance may be presented to the circuit court for any of the counties and the court shall order an election to be held in the town in accordance with the provisions of §§ 24.2-601 and 24.2-681 et seq. Notice of the election in the form prescribed by the court shall be published at least once but not less than ten days before the election in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality.
Where voter approval is required by the Constitution of Virginia, this chapter or any charter provision, a locality may, at its option, provide in the ordinance or resolution that any two or more purposes and amounts of the bonds proposed to be issued for such purposes be combined into a single question for the election and referred to as "capital improvement bonds" in an aggregate principal amount equal to the sum of the amounts for the purposes so combined.
Code 1950, §§ 15-666.25, 15-666.30; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, §§ 15.1-182, 15.1-187; 1968, c. 579; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 224; 1975, c. 517; 1982, c. 181; 1991, c. 668, § 15.1-227.12; 1997, c. 587.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 26 - Public Finance Act
§ 15.2-2603. Disposition of unclaimed funds due on matured bonds or coupons
§ 15.2-2606. Public hearing before issuance of bonds
§ 15.2-2608. Bonds for revenue-producing undertakings
§ 15.2-2609. Covenants relating to issuance of revenue bonds
§ 15.2-2610. Request for referendum filed with court; order for election; notice
§ 15.2-2611. Holding of election; order authorizing bonds; authority of governing body
§ 15.2-2612. Dating; rate of interest; maturity; denomination; place of payment
§ 15.2-2613. Form and manner of execution; signature of person ceasing to be officer
§ 15.2-2614. Bearer, registered or book entry form
§ 15.2-2615. Bonds deemed negotiable instruments
§ 15.2-2616. Interim receipts or temporary bonds exchangeable for definitive bonds
§ 15.2-2618. Disposition of proceeds; separate fund
§ 15.2-2619. Investment of proceeds pending application to authorized purpose
§ 15.2-2620. Bonds made legal investments
§ 15.2-2621. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed
§ 15.2-2622. Destruction of bonds and coupons after payment in full
§ 15.2-2623. Defeasance of indebtedness; rights of owners
§ 15.2-2624. Tax to pay principal and interest
§ 15.2-2625. Deposit of funds; security; investment of funds
§ 15.2-2626. Contracts concerning interest rates, currency, cash flow or other basis
§ 15.2-2627. Time for contesting validity of proposed bond issue; when bonds presumed valid
§ 15.2-2628. Notes in anticipation of bond issue
§ 15.2-2629. Loans to meet appropriations for current year
§ 15.2-2630. Loans in anticipation of federal and state funds
§ 15.2-2631. Terms of temporary loans
§ 15.2-2632. Certain debts that may be contracted by city on transition from town
§ 15.2-2633. Borrowing by certain cities to pay expenses
§ 15.2-2634. Limitation on amount of outstanding bonds
§ 15.2-2635. What indebtedness not included in determining limitation
§ 15.2-2636. Ordinance or resolution to provide for issue of bonds
§ 15.2-2637. Danville to incur indebtedness only in accordance with charter
§ 15.2-2638. Powers of counties generally; approval of voters required
§ 15.2-2639. County may elect to be treated as city for issuing bonds
§ 15.2-2640. Resolution for bond issue; contents; request for bonds for school purposes
§ 15.2-2641. Subsequent resolutions
§ 15.2-2642. School district bonds
§ 15.2-2643. Authority for issuance; resolutions or ordinances
§ 15.2-2646. Participation in funds donated by the Commonwealth
§ 15.2-2647. Expenses of authorization and issuance; agent to assist in refunding transaction
§ 15.2-2648. Purchase in open market
§ 15.2-2649. District refunding bonds
§ 15.2-2650. Article controlling as to proceedings involving validity
§ 15.2-2651. Proceeding by political subdivision to establish validity; procedure; parties defendant
§ 15.2-2652. Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant
§ 15.2-2655. Consolidation of actions or proceedings
§ 15.2-2657. Decree validating bonds binding and conclusive
§ 15.2-2658. Bonds invalidated only for substantial defects, etc.; matters of form disregarded
§ 15.2-2660. Bonds not affected by project undertaken
§ 15.2-2661. Provisions of chapter controlling; powers conferred are additional