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The amount of the fees attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all fees proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees proposed to be charged.\n\t\tAny petition shall include a summary of the business improvement and recruitment district plan. 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 745<\/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":86232,"section_number":"15.2-2413.15","catch_line":"Hearing on a proposed business improvement and recruitment district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2413.15\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":155727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64037,"identifier":"15.2-2413.14","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.14","url":"\/15.2-2413.14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2413.14\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Petition for a proposed business improvement and recruitment district","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2413.14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the submission to the clerk of a locality<\/span> of a written petition<\/span>, signed by a majority of the business owners<\/span> in the proposed business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> who will pay more than 50 percent of the fees<\/span> proposed to be charged, a locality<\/span> may initiate proceedings to form a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>. The amount of the fees<\/span> attributable to a business owned by the same business owner<\/span> that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all fees<\/span> proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the petition<\/span> is signed by business owners<\/span> who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees<\/span> proposed to be charged.\n\t\tAny petition<\/span> shall include a summary of the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> plan<\/span>. The summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>, information specifying where the complete business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> plan<\/span> can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> plan<\/span> shall be furnished by the signatories of the petition<\/span> upon request.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION FOR A PROPOSED BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND RECRUITMENT DISTRICT (\u00a7\n15.2-2413.14)\n\nUpon the submission to the clerk of a locality of a written petition, signed by\na majority of the business owners in the proposed business improvement and\nrecruitment district who will pay more than 50 percent of the fees proposed to\nbe charged, a locality may initiate proceedings to form a business improvement\nand recruitment district. The amount of the fees attributable to a business\nowned by the same business owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount\nof all fees proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether\nthe petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than 50 percent of\nthe total amount of fees proposed to be charged.\n\t\tAny petition shall include a summary of the business improvement and\nrecruitment district plan. The summary shall include a map showing the\nboundaries of the business improvement and recruitment district, information\nspecifying where the complete business improvement and recruitment district plan\ncan be obtained, and information specifying that the complete business\nimprovement and recruitment district plan shall be furnished by the signatories\nof the petition upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 745.","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}}