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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 586 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 355; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86439,"section_number":"24.2-685","catch_line":"Special elections; request for abolition of constitutional offices","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-685\/"}],"permalink":{"id":151371,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58349,"identifier":"15.2-206","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-206","url":"\/15.2-206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-206\/","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special elections; request for abolition of certain local constitutional offices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No bill to enact or amend<\/span> a charter which has the effect of abolishing any office set forth in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia shall be considered unless a referendum<\/span>, elsewhere authorized by law<\/span>, has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 24.2-685<\/a>, and a majority of the qualified voters<\/span> voting thereon have approved the request for the enactment or amendment of the charter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL ELECTIONS; REQUEST FOR ABOLITION OF CERTAIN LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES\n(\u00a7 15.2-206)\n\nNo bill to enact or amend a charter which has the effect of abolishing any\noffice set forth in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia shall\nbe considered unless a referendum, elsewhere authorized by law, has been\nconducted in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 24.2-685, and a majority of\nthe qualified voters voting thereon have approved the request for the enactment\nor amendment of the charter.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 586, \u00a7 15.1-836.1:1; 1986, c. 355; 1997, c. 587.","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}}