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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 85 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69662,"section_number":"15.2-3232","catch_line":"Hearing before Commission on Local Government required; notice","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3232\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157157,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62162,"identifier":"15.2-3231","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/2\/15.2-3231","url":"\/15.2-3231\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3231\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/2\/15.2-3231","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agreements between towns and counties authorized; effect; provisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3231","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Towns<\/span> in counties, or parts of counties, not immune from annexation may voluntarily enter into agreements with such counties for the purpose of defining the town<\/span>’s annexation rights in the future. Upon the execution of such an agreement by both the town<\/span> and the county<\/span>, the town<\/span> shall permanently renounce its right to become a city<\/span>. Any such agreement shall provide for the regular and orderly growth of the town<\/span> in conjunction with the county<\/span> and for an equitable<\/span> sharing of resources and liabilities. It shall also provide that the town<\/span> may annex at regular intervals by the adoption of an ordinance<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGREEMENTS BETWEEN TOWNS AND COUNTIES AUTHORIZED; EFFECT; PROVISIONS (\u00a7\n15.2-3231)\n\nTowns in counties, or parts of counties, not immune from annexation may\nvoluntarily enter into agreements with such counties for the purpose of defining\nthe town’s annexation rights in the future. Upon the execution of such an\nagreement by both the town and the county, the town shall permanently renounce\nits right to become a city. Any such agreement shall provide for the regular and\norderly growth of the town in conjunction with the county and for an equitable\nsharing of resources and liabilities. It shall also provide that the town may\nannex at regular intervals by the adoption of an ordinance.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-1058.1; 1997, 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}}