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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 736<\/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\/"},{"id":72495,"section_number":"15.2-2403","catch_line":"Powers of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2403\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155625,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61317,"identifier":"15.2-2403.4","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.4","url":"\/15.2-2403.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2403.4\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/1\/15.2-2403.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Community improvement districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2403.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span>, or any two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances<\/span>, create community improvement districts<\/span> within the locality<\/span> or localities by the method prescribed in § 15.2-2400<\/a>. Any ordinance<\/span> to create such a district shall include the words “Community Improvement District<\/span>” in the name of the district. After adoption of an ordinance<\/span> or ordinances<\/span> creating a community improvement district<\/span>, the governing body<\/span> or bodies shall have all powers with respect to the community improvement district<\/span> that they possess with respect to service districts. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> To the extent the governing body<\/span> of a locality<\/span> contracts<\/span> for the provision to a community improvement district<\/span> of any of the governmental services authorized by subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 15.2-2403<\/a>, such governing body<\/span> shall contract<\/span> with a nonprofit corporation, a majority of whose board members own property in the community improvement district<\/span>, to provide such service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-2403.4)\n\nA. Any locality may by ordinance, or any two or more localities may by\nconcurrent ordinances, create community improvement districts within the\nlocality or localities by the method prescribed in § 15.2-2400. Any\nordinance to create such a district shall include the words “Community\nImprovement District” in the name of the district. After adoption of an\nordinance or ordinances creating a community improvement district, the governing\nbody or bodies shall have all powers with respect to the community improvement\ndistrict that they possess with respect to service districts.\n\nB. To the extent the governing body of a locality contracts for the provision to\na community improvement district of any of the governmental services authorized\nby subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 15.2-2403, such governing body shall contract\nwith a nonprofit corporation, a majority of whose board members own property in\nthe community improvement district, to provide such service.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 736.","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}}