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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":[{"id":61723,"section_number":"15.2-3907","catch_line":"Hearing and decision by court","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3907\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157741,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62362,"identifier":"15.2-3910","token":"15.2\/III\/39\/15.2-3910","url":"\/15.2-3910\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3910\/","token":"15.2\/III\/39\/15.2-3910","dublin_core":{"Title":"Charter commission; appointment; compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3910","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon entry of the order<\/span> provided in subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-3907<\/a>, the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span> shall appoint a charter commission, composed of not less than seven persons, to assist it in the preparation of a charter and form of government for the new city<\/span>. The governing body<\/span> shall fix the compensation of members of the charter commission, the amount of which shall be subject to approval by the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the county<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHARTER COMMISSION; APPOINTMENT; COMPENSATION (\u00a7 15.2-3910)\n\nUpon entry of the order provided in subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-3907, the governing\nbody of the county shall appoint a charter commission, composed of not less than\nseven persons, to assist it in the preparation of a charter and form of\ngovernment for the new city. The governing body shall fix the compensation of\nmembers of the charter commission, the amount of which shall be subject to\napproval by the circuit court for the county.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-977.12; 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}}