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All interested persons who reside in or who own real property in (i) a proposed district or (ii) an existing district in cases of enlargement shall have the right to appear and show cause why the property under consideration should or should not be included in the proposed district or enlargement of same at such hearing.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234110,"text":"The governing body of a county, upon the petition of 25 percent of the qualified voters, if any, residing within the limits of the territory proposed to be added, may, by ordinance, extend the boundaries and enlarge any sanitary district created under the provisions of this article, which ordinance shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.\n\t\tUpon the filing of the petition a hearing shall be had as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 21-114 and 21-115, and the notice of such hearing may require all interested persons to appear and show cause why any special tax levied or to be levied in the sanitary district for special sanitary district purposes may not be likewise levied and collected in the territory proposed to be added to such district, and to appear and show cause why the net operating revenue derived in the added territory from the operation of any system or systems established under the provisions of \u00a7 21-118 may not be set apart to pay the interest on and retire at maturity the principal of any bonds theretofore issued in connection with such system or systems. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1964, chapter 517; in 1985, chapter 104; in 2017, chapter 14<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77568,"section_number":"21-121.4","catch_line":"Powers of boards of supervisors and other governing bodies of counties with respect to sanitary districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-121.4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59808,"section_number":"21-114","catch_line":"Hearing and notice thereof","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-114\/"},{"id":71490,"section_number":"21-115","catch_line":"Answer and defense","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-115\/"},{"id":73089,"section_number":"21-118","catch_line":"Powers and duties of governing body","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-118\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64324,"identifier":"21-116","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-116","url":"\/21-116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/21-116\/","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enlargement of sanitary districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 21-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body of a county, upon the petition<\/span> of 25 percent of the qualified voters, if any, residing within the limits of the territory proposed to be added, may, by ordinance<\/span>, extend the boundaries and enlarge any sanitary district created under the provisions of this article, which ordinance<\/span> shall prescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.\n\t\tUpon the filing of the petition<\/span> a hearing<\/span> shall be had as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 21-114<\/a> and 21-115<\/a>, and the notice of such hearing<\/span> may require all interested persons to appear and show cause why any special tax levied or to be levied in the sanitary district for special sanitary district purposes may not be likewise levied and collected in the territory proposed to be added to such district, and to appear and show cause why the net operating revenue derived in the added territory from the operation of any system or systems established under the provisions of \u00a7 21-118<\/a> may not be set apart to pay the interest on and retire at maturity the principal of any bonds<\/span> theretofore issued in connection with such system or systems. Nothing in such ordinance<\/span> enlarging a sanitary district as provided herein shall be construed to limit or adversely affect the rights and interests of any holder of bonds<\/span> issued by the district, and such ordinance<\/span> shall expressly preserve and protect such rights and interests. All interested persons who reside in or who own real property in (i) a proposed district or (ii) an existing district in cases of enlargement shall have the right to appear and show cause why the property under consideration should or should not be included in the proposed district or enlargement of same at such hearing<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENLARGEMENT OF SANITARY DISTRICTS (\u00a7 21-116)\n\nThe governing body of a county, upon the petition of 25 percent of the qualified\nvoters, if any, residing within the limits of the territory proposed to be\nadded, may, by ordinance, extend the boundaries and enlarge any sanitary\ndistrict created under the provisions of this article, which ordinance shall\nprescribe the metes and bounds of the territory so added.\n\t\tUpon the filing of the petition a hearing shall be had as provided in \u00a7\u00a7\n21-114 and 21-115, and the notice of such hearing may require all interested\npersons to appear and show cause why any special tax levied or to be levied in\nthe sanitary district for special sanitary district purposes may not be likewise\nlevied and collected in the territory proposed to be added to such district, and\nto appear and show cause why the net operating revenue derived in the added\nterritory from the operation of any system or systems established under the\nprovisions of \u00a7 21-118 may not be set apart to pay the interest on and retire\nat maturity the principal of any bonds theretofore issued in connection with\nsuch system or systems. Nothing in such ordinance enlarging a sanitary district\nas provided herein shall be construed to limit or adversely affect the rights\nand interests of any holder of bonds issued by the district, and such ordinance\nshall expressly preserve and protect such rights and interests. All interested\npersons who reside in or who own real property in (i) a proposed district or\n(ii) an existing district in cases of enlargement shall have the right to appear\nand show cause why the property under consideration should or should not be\nincluded in the proposed district or enlargement of same at such hearing.\n\nHISTORY: 1947, p. 136; Michie Suppl. 1948, \u00a7 1560s4; 1964, c. 517; 1985, c.\n104; 2017, c. 14.","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}}