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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 881 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 1988 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":157857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81773,"identifier":"15.2-4112","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4112","url":"\/15.2-4112\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4112\/","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4112","dublin_core":{"Title":"Charter for resulting town","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4112","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If a proposed charter for the resulting town<\/span> has been approved by the General Assembly for adoption pending order<\/span> of the special court<\/span> pursuant to this chapter, such proposed charter shall be the charter of the town<\/span> upon approval of the transition from city<\/span> to town<\/span> status. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If no such proposed charter for the resulting town<\/span> has been approved by the General Assembly, the court<\/span> shall enter an order<\/span> conforming the city<\/span> charter to a town<\/span> charter, which shall be the charter of the town<\/span> until a new charter is granted by the General Assembly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHARTER FOR RESULTING TOWN (\u00a7 15.2-4112)\n\nA. If a proposed charter for the resulting town has been approved by the General\nAssembly for adoption pending order of the special court pursuant to this\nchapter, such proposed charter shall be the charter of the town upon approval of\nthe transition from city to town status.\n\nB. If no such proposed charter for the resulting town has been approved by the\nGeneral Assembly, the court shall enter an order conforming the city charter to\na town charter, which shall be the charter of the town until a new charter is\ngranted by the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 881, \u00a7 15.1-965.22; 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}}