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All adjoining counties shall be given notice of the petition.\n\t\tThe circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as prescribed by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299555,"text":"When the governing body of any city receives a report compiled pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4001 from the Commission on Local Government concluding that the city does not meet the requirements for city status under Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, it shall petition the circuit court for the city for a determination of city status. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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":58569,"section_number":"15.2-4003","catch_line":"Investigation by special court; public hearing","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4003\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":85081,"section_number":"15.2-3000","catch_line":"Special court to hear certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3000\/"},{"id":64203,"section_number":"15.2-4001","catch_line":"Investigation by Commission on Local Government; certification of findings to governing body","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4001\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83592,"identifier":"15.2-4002","token":"15.2\/III\/40\/15.2-4002","url":"\/15.2-4002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4002\/","token":"15.2\/III\/40\/15.2-4002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Report from Commission to be certified to circuit court; appointment of special court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the governing body<\/span> of any city<\/span> receives a report compiled pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4001<\/a> from the Commission on Local Government<\/span> concluding that the city<\/span> does not meet the requirements for city<\/span> status under Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, it shall petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the city<\/span> for a determination of city<\/span> status. All adjoining counties shall be given notice of the petition<\/span>.\n\t\tThe circuit<\/span> court<\/span> with which the petition<\/span> is filed shall notify the Supreme Court<\/span>, which shall appoint a special court<\/span> to hear the case as prescribed by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000<\/a> et seq.) of this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORT FROM COMMISSION TO BE CERTIFIED TO CIRCUIT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL\nCOURT (\u00a7 15.2-4002)\n\nWhen the governing body of any city receives a report compiled pursuant to \u00a7\n15.2-4001 from the Commission on Local Government concluding that the city does\nnot meet the requirements for city status under Article VII, Section 1 of the\nConstitution of Virginia, it shall petition the circuit court for the city for a\ndetermination of city status. All adjoining counties shall be given notice of\nthe petition.\n\t\tThe circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme\nCourt, which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as prescribed by\nChapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 140, \u00a7 15.1-965.3; 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}}