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§ 15.2-3800. Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court - Any town, except a town located within a county or...
§ 15.2-3801. Referendum - Prior to the adoption of an ordinance petitioning the court...
§ 15.2-3802. Town and county agreement concerning proposed city - No court proceedings shall be instituted until the governing bodies...
§ 15.2-3803. Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading - At least thirty days before instituting a proceeding for a...
§ 15.2-3804. Parties - In any proceeding instituted under the provisions of this chapter,...
§ 15.2-3805. Time limit for intervenors; publication of order - The special court shall by order fix a time within...
§ 15.2-3806. Pretrial conference; matters considered - The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under...
§ 15.2-3807. Hearing and decision by court - A. The special court shall enter an order granting city...
§ 15.2-3808. Assistance of state agencies - The special court may, in its discretion, direct any appropriate...
§ 15.2-3809. Appeals - Appeals may be made to the Court of Appeals as...
§ 15.2-3810. Declining of grant of city status - In any proceeding brought under this chapter, the town council...
§ 15.2-3811. Proceeding final for three years - If city status is denied a town, or if city...
§ 15.2-3812. Effect when town becomes city - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, then:...
§ 15.2-3813. Town liabilities and assets - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3814. Mayor of town to continue in office - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3815. Council of town to continue in office; additional members - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3816. Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3817. Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commissioner or assessor - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3818. Town sergeant to continue in office - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3819. Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city - At a general election of city officers, to be held...
§ 15.2-3820. Election and terms of other city officers - At the next general election of state officers after (i)...
§ 15.2-3821. Qualification of officers; vacancies - The officers for the election of whom provision is made...
§ 15.2-3822. Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction - A. Any attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit...
§ 15.2-3823. Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city - Any county officer who resides in the county or in...
§ 15.2-3824. Town officers - Except as provided in this chapter, if a town becomes...
§ 15.2-3825. Courts - When a town is declared to be a city, such...
§ 15.2-3826. Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3827. Transfer of assessments to city books - When the commissioner of the revenue of a city created...
§ 15.2-3828. State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city sales and use tax - All state, county and district taxes on property within the...
§ 15.2-3829. Assumption of debt; adjustment - If a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3830. Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county - After a town becomes a city under this chapter, the...
§ 15.2-3831. Registrars and their duties - Upon its appointment, the electoral board for a city created...
§ 15.2-3832. Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel - In addition to the authority given by general law to...
§ 15.2-3833. Chapter not applicable to cities already existing - This chapter shall not affect the organization, government, officers, charter...
§ 15.2-3834. Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed - Any city created under this chapter shall continue to be...