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Such petition shall be signed by at least ten percent of the number of the locality’s voters who voted in the last presidential election and in no case be signed by fewer than fifty voters. The petition shall ask the governing body to petition the circuit court for a referendum on the question of the creation of the authority.\n\t\tIf the governing body is unable, or for any reason fails, to perfect such agreement within three months of the day the petition was filed with such governing body, then the circuit court for the locality shall appoint a committee of five representative citizens of the locality to act for and in lieu of the governing body in perfecting the agreement and in petitioning for a referendum. The agreement shall not take effect unless approved in the referendum by a majority of the voters voting in the referendum.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253560,"text":"The qualified voters of any locality whose governing body has not acted to create an authority under \u00a7 15.2-5102 may file with the governing body of such locality a petition asking the governing body to effect an agreement in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-5102 with the localities named in the petition. Such petition shall be signed by at least ten percent of the number of the locality’s voters who voted in the last presidential election and in no case be signed by fewer than fifty voters. The petition shall ask the governing body to petition the circuit court for a referendum on the question of the creation of the authority.\n\t\tIf the governing body is unable, or for any reason fails, to perfect such agreement within three months of the day the petition was filed with such governing body, then the circuit court for the locality shall appoint a committee of five representative citizens of the locality to act for and in lieu of the governing body in perfecting the agreement and in petitioning for a referendum. 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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 370 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1975, chapter 517; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80008,"section_number":"15.2-5109","catch_line":"Dissolution and termination of authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5109\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79196,"section_number":"15.2-5102","catch_line":"One or more localities may create authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70226,"identifier":"15.2-5106","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/2\/15.2-5106","url":"\/15.2-5106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5106\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/2\/15.2-5106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voters’ petition requesting agreement and referendum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The qualified voters<\/span> of any locality<\/span> whose governing body<\/span> has not acted to create an authority<\/span> under \u00a7 15.2-5102<\/a> may file with the governing body<\/span> of such locality<\/span> a petition<\/span> asking the governing body<\/span> to effect an agreement in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-5102<\/a> with the localities named in the petition<\/span>. Such petition<\/span> shall be signed by at least ten percent of the number of the locality<\/span>’s voters<\/span> who voted in the last presidential election and in no case be signed by fewer than fifty voters<\/span>. The petition<\/span> shall ask the governing body<\/span> to petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for a referendum<\/span> on the question of the creation of the authority<\/span>.\n\t\tIf the governing body<\/span> is unable, or for any reason fails, to perfect such agreement within three months of the day the petition<\/span> was filed with such governing body<\/span>, then the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the locality<\/span> shall appoint a committee of five representative citizens of the locality<\/span> to act for and in lieu of the governing body<\/span> in perfecting the agreement and in petitioning for a referendum<\/span>. The agreement shall not take effect unless approved in the referendum<\/span> by a majority of the voters<\/span> voting in the referendum<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOTERS’ PETITION REQUESTING AGREEMENT AND REFERENDUM (\u00a7 15.2-5106)\n\nThe qualified voters of any locality whose governing body has not acted to\ncreate an authority under \u00a7 15.2-5102 may file with the governing body of such\nlocality a petition asking the governing body to effect an agreement in\naccordance with \u00a7 15.2-5102 with the localities named in the petition. Such\npetition shall be signed by at least ten percent of the number of the\nlocality’s voters who voted in the last presidential election and in no\ncase be signed by fewer than fifty voters. The petition shall ask the governing\nbody to petition the circuit court for a referendum on the question of the\ncreation of the authority.\n\t\tIf the governing body is unable, or for any reason fails, to perfect such\nagreement within three months of the day the petition was filed with such\ngoverning body, then the circuit court for the locality shall appoint a\ncommittee of five representative citizens of the locality to act for and in lieu\nof the governing body in perfecting the agreement and in petitioning for a\nreferendum. The agreement shall not take effect unless approved in the\nreferendum by a majority of the voters voting in the referendum.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 370, \u00a7 15.1-1244.1; 1975, c. 517; 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}}