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The notice shall specify the time and place of a hearing at which affected or interested persons may appear and present their views. After the public hearing has been conducted pursuant to this section, the governing body shall be empowered to create a land bank entity or designate a planning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225933,"text":"The governing body of a locality shall not adopt an ordinance creating a land bank entity pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7501 or designating a planning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7512 until notice of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality, with the first publication appearing no more than 28 days before and the second publication appearing no less than seven days before the hearing. The notice shall specify the time and place of a hearing at which affected or interested persons may appear and present their views. 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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 159<\/a> and 383<\/a> 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. It has been modified 3 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 2020, chapter 147<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 506<\/a> and 507<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55330,"section_number":"15.2-7501","catch_line":"Creation of land bank entities by localities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7501\/"},{"id":62244,"section_number":"15.2-7512","catch_line":"Designation of planning district commission or existing nonprofit entities to carry out the functions of a land bank entity","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7512\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55330,"section_number":"15.2-7501","catch_line":"Creation of land bank entities by localities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7501\/"},{"id":62244,"section_number":"15.2-7512","catch_line":"Designation of planning district commission or existing nonprofit entities to carry out the functions of a land bank entity","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7512\/"}],"permalink":{"id":160841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61880,"identifier":"15.2-7502","token":"15.2\/IV\/75\/15.2-7502","url":"\/15.2-7502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-7502\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/75\/15.2-7502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public hearing required prior to creation or designation of a land bank entity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-7502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of a locality<\/span> shall not adopt an ordinance<\/span> creating a land bank entity<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7501<\/a> or designating a planning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7512<\/a> until notice of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the locality<\/span>, with the first publication appearing no more than 28 days before and the second publication appearing no less than seven days before the hearing<\/span>. The notice shall specify the time and place of a hearing<\/span> at which affected or interested persons may appear and present their views. After the public hearing<\/span> has been conducted pursuant to this section, the governing body<\/span> shall be empowered to create a land bank entity<\/span> or designate a planning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED PRIOR TO CREATION OR DESIGNATION OF A LAND BANK ENTITY\n(\u00a7 15.2-7502)\n\nThe governing body of a locality shall not adopt an ordinance creating a land\nbank entity pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7501 or designating a planning district\ncommission or an existing nonprofit entity pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-7512 until notice\nof intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or\nhaving general circulation in the locality, with the first publication appearing\nno more than 28 days before and the second publication appearing no less than\nseven days before the hearing. The notice shall specify the time and place of a\nhearing at which affected or interested persons may appear and present their\nviews. After the public hearing has been conducted pursuant to this section, the\ngoverning body shall be empowered to create a land bank entity or designate a\nplanning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, cc. 159, 383; 2020, c. 147; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225,\n242.","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}}