{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-2402.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-2402.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-2402.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-2402.1.html"}],"law_id":70522,"edition_id":1,"section_id":70522,"structure_id":15864,"section_number":"15.2-2402.1","catch_line":"Change to service district boundaries","history":"2013, cc. 172, 524.","full_text":"Any locality, by majority vote of the governing body, may amend the boundaries of an established service district that lies wholly within that locality’s boundaries. If more than one locality is involved in an established service district and those localities desire to amend that service district, a majority vote of the governing body of each locality affected by the amendment is required. Any locality or localities seeking to amend such service district boundaries shall follow the notice and public hearing requirements set out in \u00a7 15.2-2400.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254451,"text":"Any locality, by majority vote of the governing body, may amend the boundaries of an established service district that lies wholly within that locality’s boundaries. If more than one locality is involved in an established service district and those localities desire to amend that service district, a majority vote of the governing body of each locality affected by the amendment is required. Any locality or localities seeking to amend such service district boundaries shall follow the notice and public hearing requirements set out in \u00a7 15.2-2400.","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":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},"next_section":{"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},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-2402.1\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 172<\/a> and 524<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81415,"section_number":"15.2-2400","catch_line":"Creation of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155605,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70522,"identifier":"15.2-2402.1","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2402.1","url":"\/15.2-2402.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2402.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2402.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Change to service district boundaries","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2402.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span>, by majority vote of the governing body<\/span>, may amend<\/span> the boundaries of an established service district that lies wholly within that locality<\/span>’s boundaries. If more than one locality<\/span> is involved in an established service district and those localities desire to amend<\/span> that service district, a majority vote of the governing body<\/span> of each locality<\/span> affected by the amendment is required. Any locality<\/span> or localities seeking to amend<\/span> such service district boundaries shall follow the notice and public hearing<\/span> requirements set out in \u00a7 15.2-2400<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHANGE TO SERVICE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES (\u00a7 15.2-2402.1)\n\nAny locality, by majority vote of the governing body, may amend the boundaries\nof an established service district that lies wholly within that locality’s\nboundaries. If more than one locality is involved in an established service\ndistrict and those localities desire to amend that service district, a majority\nvote of the governing body of each locality affected by the amendment is\nrequired. Any locality or localities seeking to amend such service district\nboundaries shall follow the notice and public hearing requirements set out in \u00a7\n15.2-2400.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 172, 524.","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}}