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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 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 1984, chapter 695; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83819,"section_number":"15.2-1301","catch_line":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1301\/"},{"id":67178,"section_number":"15.2-2316.2","catch_line":"Localities may provide for transfer of development rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2316.2\/"},{"id":85081,"section_number":"15.2-3000","catch_line":"Special court to hear certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3000\/"},{"id":59036,"section_number":"15.2-3201","catch_line":"Temporary restrictions on granting of city charters, filing annexation notices, institutions of annexation proceedings, and county immunity proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3201\/"},{"id":57984,"section_number":"15.2-3534","catch_line":"Optional provisions of consolidation agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3534\/"},{"id":80368,"section_number":"15.2-3800","catch_line":"Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3800\/"},{"id":79307,"section_number":"36-132.1","catch_line":"Commission on Local Government","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-132.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63407,"identifier":"15.2-3300","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3300","url":"\/15.2-3300\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3300\/","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purposes of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The purposes of this chapter are: (i) to provide complete immunity from annexation and incorporation of new cities for those counties or tier-cities which by reason of their population density and numbers are providing urban services and (ii) to provide a system by which portions of counties may receive immunity from annexation and incorporation of new cities in the future if qualified pursuant to this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 15.2-3300)\n\nThe purposes of this chapter are: (i) to provide complete immunity from\nannexation and incorporation of new cities for those counties or tier-cities\nwhich by reason of their population density and numbers are providing urban\nservices and (ii) to provide a system by which portions of counties may receive\nimmunity from annexation and incorporation of new cities in the future if\nqualified pursuant to this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-977.19:1; 1984, c. 695; 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}}