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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":66026,"section_number":"15.2-3711","catch_line":"Effect on pending suits","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3711\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61104,"section_number":"15.2-3701","catch_line":"Agreement required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157541,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80316,"identifier":"15.2-3709","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3709","url":"\/15.2-3709\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3709\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special debt district","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If so provided in the agreement required by \u00a7 15.2-3701<\/a>, the territory constituting the former town<\/span> may be a special debt district for the purpose of repaying all or part of the existing indebtedness chargeable to the town<\/span> before annulment<\/span>. A special tax on real property within the special debt district shall be levied for a period not exceeding twenty years. The special tax may be different from and in addition to the general tax rate throughout the entire county<\/span> or counties in which the town<\/span> was located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL DEBT DISTRICT (\u00a7 15.2-3709)\n\nIf so provided in the agreement required by \u00a7 15.2-3701, the territory\nconstituting the former town may be a special debt district for the purpose of\nrepaying all or part of the existing indebtedness chargeable to the town before\nannulment. A special tax on real property within the special debt district shall\nbe levied for a period not exceeding twenty years. The special tax may be\ndifferent from and in addition to the general tax rate throughout the entire\ncounty or counties in which the town was located.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.38; 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}}