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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 tourism improvement district plan. That summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the tourism improvement district, information specifying where the complete tourism improvement district plan can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete tourism improvement district plan shall be furnished by the signatories of the petition upon request.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":222874,"text":"Upon the submission to the clerk of a locality of a written petition, signed by the business owners in the proposed tourism improvement district who will pay more than 50 percent of the fees proposed to be charged, a locality may initiate proceedings to form a tourism improvement district. 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 tourism improvement district plan. 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The amount of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fees<\/span> attributable to a business owned by the same <span class=\"dictionary\">business owner<\/span> that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all <span class=\"dictionary\">fees<\/span> proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> is signed by <span class=\"dictionary\">business owners<\/span> who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of <span class=\"dictionary\">fees<\/span> proposed to be charged.\n\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> shall include a summary of the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> plan<\/span>. That summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the <span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span>, information specifying where the complete <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> plan<\/span> can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">tourism improvement district<\/span> plan<\/span> shall be furnished by the signatories of the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> upon request.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION FOR A PROPOSED TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (\u00a7 15.2-2413.3)\n\nUpon the submission to the clerk of a locality of a written petition, signed by\nthe business owners in the proposed tourism improvement district who will pay\nmore than 50 percent of the fees proposed to be charged, a locality may initiate\nproceedings to form a tourism improvement district. The amount of the fees\nattributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of\n40 percent of the amount of all fees proposed to be charged shall not be\nincluded in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who\nwill pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees proposed to be\ncharged.\n\t\tAny petition shall include a summary of the tourism improvement district plan.\nThat summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the tourism\nimprovement district, information specifying where the complete tourism\nimprovement district plan can be obtained, and information specifying that the\ncomplete tourism improvement district plan shall be furnished by the signatories\nof the petition upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.","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}}