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Such election shall be exercised by notifying the Governor of the election at least two years prior to the beginning of the biennium in which it takes effect. If, after a minimum period of eight years following the date upon which such treatment has become effective, a city wishes to terminate such treatment as an immune county, it shall notify the Governor of its intention to return to being treated as a city for such purposes. Such return shall become effective two years after such notification to the Governor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217341,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any city that is barred or that may hereafter become barred from further annexation may, by resolution passed by a majority vote of its governing body, elect to be treated the same as an immune county for purposes of state police services and for the maintenance and construction of streets and highways. Such election shall be exercised by notifying the Governor of the election at least two years prior to the beginning of the biennium in which it takes effect. If, after a minimum period of eight years following the date upon which such treatment has become effective, a city wishes to terminate such treatment as an immune county, it shall notify the Governor of its intention to return to being treated as a city for such purposes. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59298,"identifier":"15.2-3307","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3307","url":"\/15.2-3307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3307\/","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Election of city barred from annexation to be treated as immune county","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, any city<\/span> that is barred or that may hereafter become barred from further annexation may, by resolution passed by a majority vote of its governing body<\/span>, elect to be treated the same as an immune county<\/span> for purposes of state police services and for the maintenance and construction of streets and highways. Such election shall be exercised by notifying the Governor of the election at least two years prior to the beginning of the biennium in which it takes effect. If, after a minimum period of eight years following the date upon which such treatment has become effective, a city<\/span> wishes to terminate such treatment as an immune county<\/span>, it shall notify the Governor of its intention to return to being treated as a city<\/span> for such purposes. Such return shall become effective two years after such notification to the Governor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTION OF CITY BARRED FROM ANNEXATION TO BE TREATED AS IMMUNE COUNTY (\u00a7\n15.2-3307)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, any city that is barred or that may\nhereafter become barred from further annexation may, by resolution passed by a\nmajority vote of its governing body, elect to be treated the same as an immune\ncounty for purposes of state police services and for the maintenance and\nconstruction of streets and highways. Such election shall be exercised by\nnotifying the Governor of the election at least two years prior to the beginning\nof the biennium in which it takes effect. If, after a minimum period of eight\nyears following the date upon which such treatment has become effective, a city\nwishes to terminate such treatment as an immune county, it shall notify the\nGovernor of its intention to return to being treated as a city for such\npurposes. Such return shall become effective two years after such notification\nto the Governor.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-977.24; 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}}