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Notice of such hearing shall be published three times in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the election. Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is of opinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposed district will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then such property shall not be embraced therein.\n\t\tUpon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of the territory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100 voters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice and hearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlarged by order of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":281038,"text":"In any city which results from the consolidation of two or more localities, service districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in \u00a7 15.2-2400, be created by order of the circuit court for the city upon the petition of fifty voters of the proposed district, which order shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the district.\n\t\tUpon the filing of a petition the court shall fix a date for a hearing on the question of the proposed service district, which hearing shall embrace a consideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed district will be benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing shall be published three times in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the election. Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is of opinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposed district will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then such property shall not be embraced therein.\n\t\tUpon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of the territory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100 voters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice and hearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlarged by order of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15864,"edition_id":1,"name":"Service Districts","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14036,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:00:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:00:48","permalink":{"id":155591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15864,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1","url":"\/15.2\/II\/24\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14036,"edition_id":1,"name":"Service Districts; Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements","identifier":"24","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12733,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:40","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:40","permalink":{"id":155589,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14036,"identifier":"24","token":"15.2\/II\/24","url":"\/15.2\/II\/24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12733,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":152369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12733,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":81415,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2400","catch_line":"Creation of service districts","url":"\/15.2-2400\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2400","metadata":false},{"id":78411,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2401","catch_line":"Creation of service districts by court order in consolidated cities","url":"\/15.2-2401\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2401","metadata":false},{"id":67368,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2402","catch_line":"Description of proposed service district","url":"\/15.2-2402\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2402","metadata":false},{"id":70522,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2402.1","catch_line":"Change to service district boundaries","url":"\/15.2-2402.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2402.1","metadata":false},{"id":72495,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2403","catch_line":"Powers of service districts","url":"\/15.2-2403\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403","metadata":false},{"id":77552,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2403.1","catch_line":"Creation of urban transportation service districts","url":"\/15.2-2403.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.1","metadata":false},{"id":66983,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2403.2","catch_line":"Virginia Wallops Research Park Leadership Council established","url":"\/15.2-2403.2\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.2","metadata":false},{"id":83756,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2403.3","catch_line":"Stormwater service districts; allocation of revenues","url":"\/15.2-2403.3\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.3","metadata":false},{"id":61317,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2403.4","catch_line":"Community improvement districts","url":"\/15.2-2403.4\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.4","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":81415,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2400","catch_line":"Creation of service districts","url":"\/15.2-2400\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2400","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":67368,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2402","catch_line":"Description of proposed service district","url":"\/15.2-2402\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2402","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-2401\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 12 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 1962, chapter 581; in 1985, chapter 150; in 1988, chapter 402; in 1990, chapter 515; in 1991, chapters 12 and 29; in 1992, chapters 232 and 655; in 1993, chapter 744; in 1994, chapter 166<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 430<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 506<\/a> and 507<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57984,"section_number":"15.2-3534","catch_line":"Optional provisions of consolidation agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3534\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81415,"section_number":"15.2-2400","catch_line":"Creation of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78411,"identifier":"15.2-2401","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2401","url":"\/15.2-2401\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2401\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of service districts by court order in consolidated cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any city<\/span> which results from the consolidation<\/span> of two or more localities, service districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in \u00a7 15.2-2400<\/a>, be created by order<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the city<\/span> upon the petition<\/span> of fifty voters<\/span> of the proposed district, which order<\/span> shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the district.\n\t\tUpon the filing of a petition<\/span> the court<\/span> shall fix a date for a hearing<\/span> on the question of the proposed service district, which hearing<\/span> shall embrace a consideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed district will be benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing<\/span> shall be published three times in a newspaper of general circulation within the city<\/span>, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the election. Any person interested may answer the petition<\/span> and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing<\/span> the court<\/span> is of opinion<\/span> that any property embraced within the limits of such proposed district will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then such property shall not be embraced therein.\n\t\tUpon the petition<\/span> of the city<\/span> council<\/span> and of not less than 50 voters<\/span> of the territory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100 voters<\/span>, of fifty percent of the voters<\/span> of such territory, after notice and hearing<\/span> as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlarged by order<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the city<\/span> which order<\/span> shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF SERVICE DISTRICTS BY COURT ORDER IN CONSOLIDATED CITIES (\u00a7\n15.2-2401)\n\nIn any city which results from the consolidation of two or more localities,\nservice districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in \u00a7 15.2-2400, be\ncreated by order of the circuit court for the city upon the petition of fifty\nvoters of the proposed district, which order shall prescribe the metes and\nbounds of the district.\n\t\tUpon the filing of a petition the court shall fix a date for a hearing on the\nquestion of the proposed service district, which hearing shall embrace a\nconsideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed district will\nbe benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing shall be\npublished three times in a newspaper of general circulation within the city,\nwith the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice\nappearing no less than seven days before the election. Any person interested may\nanswer the petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is\nof opinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposed\ndistrict will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then such property\nshall not be embraced therein.\n\t\tUpon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of the\nterritory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100\nvoters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice and\nhearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlarged by\norder of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe the metes\nand bounds of the territory so added.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-8.2; 1962, c. 581, \u00a7 15.1-18.2; 1985, c. 150; 1988,\nc. 402; 1990, c. 515; 1991, cc. 12, 29; 1992, cc. 232, 655; 1993, c. 744; 1994,\nc. 166; 1996, c. 430; 1997, c. 587; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.","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}}