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In the event of a disagreement between the Board and the governing body of an urban county in regard to the boundaries of an urban transportation service district, the parties may request that the Commission on Local Government serve as a mediator. For purposes of this section, an “urban county” means any county with a population of greater than 90,000, according to the United States Census of 2000, that did not maintain its roads as of January 1, 2007.B\n\nAny urban county that has established an urban transportation service district in accordance with this section shall maintain the roads within such district. 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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 896<\/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":[{"id":82263,"section_number":"15.2-2328","catch_line":"Applicability of article","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2328\/"},{"id":72495,"section_number":"15.2-2403","catch_line":"Powers of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2403\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56954,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77552,"identifier":"15.2-2403.1","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.1","url":"\/15.2-2403.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2403.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of urban transportation service districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2403.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The boundaries of any urban transportation service district created pursuant to this article shall be agreed upon by both the local governing body<\/span> of an urban county<\/span> and by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The overall density of an urban transportation service district shall be one residential unit per gross acre or greater. In the event of a disagreement between the Board and the governing body<\/span> of an urban county<\/span> in regard to the boundaries of an urban transportation service district, the parties may request that the Commission on Local Government<\/span> serve as a mediator. For purposes of this section, an “urban county<\/span>” means any county with a population of greater than 90,000, according to the United States Census of 2000, that did not maintain its roads as of January 1, 2007. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any urban county<\/span> that has established an urban transportation service district in accordance with this section shall maintain the roads within such district. Any such county shall receive an amount equal to the per lane mile maintenance payments made to cities and certain towns<\/span> pursuant to § 33.2-319<\/a> for the area within the district for purposes of road maintenance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICE DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-2403.1)\n\nA. The boundaries of any urban transportation service district created pursuant\nto this article shall be agreed upon by both the local governing body of an\nurban county and by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The overall density\nof an urban transportation service district shall be one residential unit per\ngross acre or greater. In the event of a disagreement between the Board and the\ngoverning body of an urban county in regard to the boundaries of an urban\ntransportation service district, the parties may request that the Commission on\nLocal Government serve as a mediator. For purposes of this section, an\n“urban county” means any county with a population of greater than\n90,000, according to the United States Census of 2000, that did not maintain its\nroads as of January 1, 2007.\n\nB. Any urban county that has established an urban transportation service\ndistrict in accordance with this section shall maintain the roads within such\ndistrict. Any such county shall receive an amount equal to the per lane mile\nmaintenance payments made to cities and certain towns pursuant to §\n33.2-319 for the area within the district for purposes of road maintenance.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 896.","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}}