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The agreement shall provide for the transfer to the county or counties of all of the revenues the town receives, the services it performs, its facilities, including real and personal property, and other assets, including all debts due to the town, and for the assumption by the county or counties of all of the town’s indebtedness, bonded and otherwise.\n\t\tThe agreement required by this section may be an agreement between the governing body of the town and the governing bodies of two or more counties or cities, in one or more of which the town is located, which are parties to a consolidation agreement under Chapter 35 (\u00a7 15.2-3500 et seq.) of this title and may provide that the agreement shall be binding on the consolidated jurisdiction upon the effective date of consolidation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":223374,"text":"Before initiating proceedings pursuant to this chapter, a town council shall enter into an agreement with the board of supervisors of the county or counties within which the town is located. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 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 1992 \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":73165,"section_number":"15.2-3702","catch_line":"Ordinance required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3702\/"},{"id":84088,"section_number":"15.2-3706","catch_line":"Annulment of surrendered charter","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3706\/"},{"id":80316,"section_number":"15.2-3709","catch_line":"Special debt district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3709\/"},{"id":66026,"section_number":"15.2-3711","catch_line":"Effect on pending suits","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3711\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71162,"section_number":"15.2-3500","catch_line":"Application of article","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157509,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61104,"identifier":"15.2-3701","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3701","url":"\/15.2-3701\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3701\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agreement required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Before initiating proceedings pursuant to this chapter, a town<\/span> council<\/span> shall enter into an agreement with the board of supervisors<\/span> of the county<\/span> or counties within which the town<\/span> is located. The agreement shall provide for the transfer to the county<\/span> or counties of all of the revenues the town<\/span> receives, the services it performs, its facilities, including real and personal property, and other assets<\/span>, including all debts due to the town<\/span>, and for the assumption by the county<\/span> or counties of all of the town<\/span>’s indebtedness, bonded and otherwise.\n\t\tThe agreement required by this section may be an agreement between the governing body<\/span> of the town<\/span> and the governing bodies of two or more counties or cities, in one or more of which the town<\/span> is located, which are parties to a consolidation<\/span> agreement under Chapter 35 (\u00a7 15.2-3500<\/a> et seq.) of this title and may provide that the agreement shall be binding on the consolidated jurisdiction<\/span> upon the effective date of consolidation<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGREEMENT REQUIRED (\u00a7 15.2-3701)\n\nBefore initiating proceedings pursuant to this chapter, a town council shall\nenter into an agreement with the board of supervisors of the county or counties\nwithin which the town is located. The agreement shall provide for the transfer\nto the county or counties of all of the revenues the town receives, the services\nit performs, its facilities, including real and personal property, and other\nassets, including all debts due to the town, and for the assumption by the\ncounty or counties of all of the town’s indebtedness, bonded and\notherwise.\n\t\tThe agreement required by this section may be an agreement between the\ngoverning body of the town and the governing bodies of two or more counties or\ncities, in one or more of which the town is located, which are parties to a\nconsolidation agreement under Chapter 35 (\u00a7 15.2-3500 et seq.) of this title\nand may provide that the agreement shall be binding on the consolidated\njurisdiction upon the effective date of consolidation.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.29; 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}}