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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 1980, chapter 170; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81086,"section_number":"15.2-3602","catch_line":"Proof required and order for incorporation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71496,"identifier":"15.2-3601","token":"15.2\/III\/36\/15.2-3601","url":"\/15.2-3601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3601\/","token":"15.2\/III\/36\/15.2-3601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hearing before Commission on Local Government; notice; parties; finding of Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon request of the special court<\/span>, the Commission on Local Government<\/span> shall conduct a hearing<\/span> to determine whether the criteria in \u00a7 15.2-3602<\/a> have been satisfied. The hearing<\/span> shall be set no less than thirty days after receipt of the petition<\/span> by the Commission. All interested parties may present evidence<\/span> before the Commission, and any county<\/span> in which is located the area proposed for incorporation shall be made parties to the Commission’s hearing<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEARING BEFORE COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NOTICE; PARTIES; FINDING OF\nCOMMISSION (\u00a7 15.2-3601)\n\nUpon request of the special court, the Commission on Local Government shall\nconduct a hearing to determine whether the criteria in \u00a7 15.2-3602 have been\nsatisfied. The hearing shall be set no less than thirty days after receipt of\nthe petition by the Commission. All interested parties may present evidence\nbefore the Commission, and any county in which is located the area proposed for\nincorporation shall be made parties to the Commission’s hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-966.1; 1980, c. 170; 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}}