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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":59855,"section_number":"15.2-2413.16","catch_line":"Establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2413.16\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81415,"section_number":"15.2-2400","catch_line":"Creation of service districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2400\/"},{"id":71581,"section_number":"58.1-3700","catch_line":"License requirement; requiring evidence of payment of business license, business personal property, meals and admissions taxes","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56324,"identifier":"15.2-2413.17","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.17","url":"\/15.2-2413.17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2413.17\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.17","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local ordinances related to business improvement and recruitment districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2413.17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> establishing a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> may enact ordinances<\/span> on any of the following subjects that provide for: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Activities<\/span> and other additional services required for business promotion, improvements to existing businesses, economic development, encouragement and recruitment for businesses to locate or relocate, as applicable, into the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>, or for enhancement of the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Activities<\/span> in the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> that will fund the activities<\/span> and other additional services of subdivision 1; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Operation and maintenance of any business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> activity; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The charging of fees<\/span> on all benefited businesses within a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A process by which businesses charged a fee<\/span> pursuant to this article may be eligible for a reduction in the taxes levied by a locality<\/span> pursuant to Chapter 37 (§ 58.1-3700<\/a> et seq.) of Title 58.1 in the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> A process for the collection of revenues from fees<\/span> from benefited businesses; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Formation of a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> in cooperation with, and that includes, other localities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> After establishing a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>, a locality<\/span> shall not decrease the level of publicly funded business services and business recruitment services in a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> existing prior to the creation of such district. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a locality<\/span> from using the provisions of Article 1 (§ 15.2-2400<\/a> et seq.) to establish a business improvement district or business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL ORDINANCES RELATED TO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND RECRUITMENT DISTRICTS (\u00a7\n15.2-2413.17)\n\nA. Any locality establishing a business improvement and recruitment district may\nenact ordinances on any of the following subjects that provide for:\n\n 1. Activities and other additional services required for business promotion,\n improvements to existing businesses, economic development, encouragement and\n recruitment for businesses to locate or relocate, as applicable, into the\n business improvement and recruitment district, or for enhancement of the\n business improvement and recruitment district;\n\n 2. Activities in the business improvement and recruitment district that will\n fund the activities and other additional services of subdivision 1;\n\n 3. Operation and maintenance of any business improvement and recruitment\n district activity;\n\n 4. The charging of fees on all benefited businesses within a business\n improvement and recruitment district;\n\n 5. A process by which businesses charged a fee pursuant to this article may be\n eligible for a reduction in the taxes levied by a locality pursuant to Chapter\n 37 (§ 58.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 in the business improvement and\n recruitment district;\n\n 6. A process for the collection of revenues from fees from benefited\n businesses; and\n\n 7. Formation of a business improvement and recruitment district in cooperation\n with, and that includes, other localities.\n\nB. After establishing a business improvement and recruitment district, a\nlocality shall not decrease the level of publicly funded business services and\nbusiness recruitment services in a business improvement and recruitment district\nexisting prior to the creation of such district.\n\nC. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a locality from using\nthe provisions of Article 1 (§ 15.2-2400 et seq.) to establish a business\nimprovement district or business improvement and recruitment district.\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}}