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If a county so elects, it will thereafter be subject to all of the benefits and limitations of Article VII, Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia and all provisions of this chapter relating to bonded indebtedness applicable to municipalities, but in determining the debt limitation for such county under \u00a7 15.2-2634 there shall be included, unless otherwise excluded under Article VII, Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia, indebtedness of any town or district in that county empowered to levy taxes on real estate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309313,"text":"Any county may, upon approval by the affirmative vote of the voters of the county voting in an election on the question, elect to be treated as a city for the purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds under this chapter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 668; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54691,"section_number":"15.2-2634","catch_line":"Limitation on amount of outstanding bonds","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2634\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156109,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86368,"identifier":"15.2-2639","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/4\/15.2-2639","url":"\/15.2-2639\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2639\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/4\/15.2-2639","dublin_core":{"Title":"County may elect to be treated as city for issuing bonds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2639","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any county<\/span> may, upon approval by the affirmative vote of the voters<\/span> of the county<\/span> voting in an election on the question, elect to be treated as a city<\/span> for the purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds<\/span><\/span> under this chapter. If a county<\/span> so elects, it will thereafter be subject to all of the benefits and limitations of Article VII, Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia and all provisions of this chapter relating to bonded indebtedness applicable to municipalities, but in determining the debt limitation for such county<\/span> under \u00a7 15.2-2634<\/a> there shall be included, unless otherwise excluded under Article VII, Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia, indebtedness of any town<\/span> or district in that county<\/span> empowered to levy<\/span> taxes on real estate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTY MAY ELECT TO BE TREATED AS CITY FOR ISSUING BONDS (\u00a7 15.2-2639)\n\nAny county may, upon approval by the affirmative vote of the voters of the\ncounty voting in an election on the question, elect to be treated as a city for\nthe purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds under this chapter. If a county\nso elects, it will thereafter be subject to all of the benefits and limitations\nof Article VII, Section 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia and all\nprovisions of this chapter relating to bonded indebtedness applicable to\nmunicipalities, but in determining the debt limitation for such county under \u00a7\n15.2-2634 there shall be included, unless otherwise excluded under Article VII,\nSection 10 (a) of the Constitution of Virginia, indebtedness of any town or\ndistrict in that county empowered to levy taxes on real estate.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 224, \u00a7 15.1-185.1; 1991, c. 668, \u00a7 15.1-227.40;\n1997, c. 587.","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}}