A. The special court created pursuant to § 15.2-4101 shall not be dissolved after rendering a decision granting any motion or petition for transition to town status, but shall remain in existence for a period of 10 years from the effective date of any transition order entered, or from the date of any decision of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals affirming such an order. Vacancies occurring in the court during such 10-year period shall be filled by designation of another judge from the panel provided for in Chapter 30 (§ 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title.
B. The court may be reconvened at any time during the 10-year period on its own motion, or on motion of the governing body of the county, or of the town, or on petition of not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the town.
C. The court shall have power and it shall be its duty, at any time during such period, to enforce the performance of the terms and conditions under which town status was granted, and to issue appropriate process to compel such performance. The court may, in its discretion, award attorney fees, court and other reasonable costs to the party or parties on whose motion the court is reconvened.
D. Any such action of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals in the same manner as is provided with respect to the original decision of the court.
1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.27; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 41 - Transition of City to Town Status
§ 15.2-4100. City may change to town status
§ 15.2-4101. Ordinance petitioning court for town status; notice of motion
§ 15.2-4102. Citizen petition for town status
§ 15.2-4104. Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
§ 15.2-4105. Pretrial conference; matters considered
§ 15.2-4106. Hearing and decision by court
§ 15.2-4107. Assistance of state agencies
§ 15.2-4109. Declining a grant of town status
§ 15.2-4110. Proceedings final for five years
§ 15.2-4111. Effective date of transition
§ 15.2-4112. Charter for resulting town
§ 15.2-4113. Restriction on subsequent change in status
§ 15.2-4114. Liabilities and assets of such city
§ 15.2-4115. Effect when city becomes town; officers
§ 15.2-4115.1. Disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles
§ 15.2-4116. Library aid continued
§ 15.2-4117. Temporary restriction on annexation
§ 15.2-4118. Effect on pending suits
§ 15.2-4119. Effect on jurisdiction of courts
§ 15.2-4120. Court granting transition to town status to exist for 10 years