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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 480 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76623,"section_number":"10.1-507","catch_line":"Petitions filed with the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-507\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144085,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65152,"identifier":"10.1-521","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-521","url":"\/10.1-521\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-521\/","token":"10.1\/I\/5\/3\/10.1-521","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination of status of district boundaries upon annexation or consolidation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-521","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Petitions filed with the Board\" href=\"\/10.1-507\/\">10.1-507<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may, in its discretion, relocate or redefine <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> boundaries on its own <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> pending or subsequent to any annexation or <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span>.\n\t\tIf the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> determines on its own <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> to relocate or redefine <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> boundaries, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall serve written notice of its determination, containing the full terms of the proposed relocation or redefinition, on the governing body of each <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> and town affected by the relocation or redefinition of boundaries. 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If within forty-five days from the\ndate of service of such notice each governing body affected approves the\nBoard&#8217;s action by resolution of a majority of the members, the Board may\nthen proceed to act on its motion without a public hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 480, \u00a7 21-31.3; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}