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Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication three times in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be designated by the governing body of the county, with the first publication appearing no more than 35 days before and the third publication appearing no less than seven days before the hearing. No such district shall be abolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.\n\t\tAny interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining to the subject of the hearing.\n\t\tUpon the hearing, such ordinance shall be adopted as to the governing body of the county may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the district and as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district, provided, however, that no such ordinance shall be adopted abolishing the sanitary district unless any bonds of the sanitary district that have theretofore been issued have been redeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created have been completed, or unless all obligations and functions of the sanitary district have been taken over by the county as a whole, or unless the purposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical or impossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by said sanitary district.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":280872,"text":"Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under the provisions of the preceding sections of this article may be abolished by ordinance adopted by the governing body of such county, upon the petition of no less than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the district desired to be abolished or, if the district contains less than 100 qualified voters, upon petition of 50 percent of the qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.\n\t\tUpon filing of the petition, the governing body of the county shall fix a day for a hearing on the question of abolishing the sanitary district, which hearing shall embrace a consideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or will not be benefited by the abolition thereof, and the governing body of the county shall be fully informed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication three times in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be designated by the governing body of the county, with the first publication appearing no more than 35 days before and the third publication appearing no less than seven days before the hearing. No such district shall be abolished until the notice has been given and the hearing had.\n\t\tAny interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining to the subject of the hearing.\n\t\tUpon the hearing, such ordinance shall be adopted as to the governing body of the county may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the district and as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district, provided, however, that no such ordinance shall be adopted abolishing the sanitary district unless any bonds of the sanitary district that have theretofore been issued have been redeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created have been completed, or unless all obligations and functions of the sanitary district have been taken over by the county as a whole, or unless the purposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical or impossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by said sanitary district.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14019,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14018,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","permalink":{"id":179475,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14019,"identifier":"1","token":"21\/2\/1","url":"\/21\/2\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14018,"edition_id":1,"name":"Sanitary Districts","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13075,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","permalink":{"id":179473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14018,"identifier":"2","token":"21\/2","url":"\/21\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13075,"edition_id":1,"name":"Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts","identifier":"21","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","permalink":{"id":179465,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13075,"identifier":"21","token":"21","url":"\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":79910,"structure_id":14019,"section_number":"21-112.22","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/21-112.22\/","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-112.22","metadata":false},{"id":79759,"structure_id":14019,"section_number":"21-113","catch_line":"Creation; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 135 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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0014\">14<\/a>; in 2023, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0506\">506<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0507\">507<\/a>; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0225\">225<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0242\">242<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":179505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78368,"identifier":"21-117.1","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-117.1","url":"\/21-117.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/21-117.1\/","token":"21\/2\/1\/21-117.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abolishing sanitary districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 21-117.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under the provisions of the preceding sections of this article may be abolished by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> adopted by the governing body of such county, upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of no less than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the district desired to be abolished or, if the district contains less than 100 qualified voters, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of 50 percent of the qualified voters residing within the boundaries of such district.\n\t\tUpon filing of the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span>, the governing body of the county shall fix a day for a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on the question of abolishing the sanitary district, which <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> shall embrace a consideration of whether the property in the sanitary district will or will not be benefited by the abolition thereof, and the governing body of the county shall be fully informed as to the obligations and functions of the sanitary district. Notice of such <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> shall be given by publication three times in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be designated by the governing body of the county, with the first publication appearing no more than 35 days before and the third publication appearing no less than seven days before the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. No such district shall be abolished until the notice has been given and the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> had.\n\t\tAny interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining to the subject of the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>.\n\t\tUpon the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>, such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall be adopted as to the governing body of the county may seem <span class=\"dictionary\">equitable<\/span> and proper, concerning the abolition of the district and as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district, provided, however, that no such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall be adopted abolishing the sanitary district unless any <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> of the sanitary district that have theretofore been issued have been redeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was created have been completed, or unless all obligations and functions of the sanitary district have been taken over by the county as a whole, or unless the purposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical or impossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by said sanitary district.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABOLISHING SANITARY DISTRICTS (\u00a7 21-117.1)\n\nAny sanitary district heretofore or hereafter created in any county under the\nprovisions of the preceding sections of this article may be abolished by\nordinance adopted by the governing body of such county, upon the petition of no\nless than 50 qualified voters residing within the boundaries of the district\ndesired to be abolished or, if the district contains less than 100 qualified\nvoters, upon petition of 50 percent of the qualified voters residing within the\nboundaries of such district.\n\t\tUpon filing of the petition, the governing body of the county shall fix a day\nfor a hearing on the question of abolishing the sanitary district, which hearing\nshall embrace a consideration of whether the property in the sanitary district\nwill or will not be benefited by the abolition thereof, and the governing body\nof the county shall be fully informed as to the obligations and functions of the\nsanitary district. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication three\ntimes in some newspaper of general circulation within the county to be\ndesignated by the governing body of the county, with the first publication\nappearing no more than 35 days before and the third publication appearing no\nless than seven days before the hearing. No such district shall be abolished\nuntil the notice has been given and the hearing had.\n\t\tAny interested parties may appear and be heard on any matters pertaining to\nthe subject of the hearing.\n\t\tUpon the hearing, such ordinance shall be adopted as to the governing body of\nthe county may seem equitable and proper, concerning the abolition of the\ndistrict and as to the funds on hand to the credit of the district, provided,\nhowever, that no such ordinance shall be adopted abolishing the sanitary\ndistrict unless any bonds of the sanitary district that have theretofore been\nissued have been redeemed and the purposes for which the sanitary district was\ncreated have been completed, or unless all obligations and functions of the\nsanitary district have been taken over by the county as a whole, or unless the\npurposes for which the sanitary district was created are impractical or\nimpossible of accomplishment and no obligations have been incurred by said\nsanitary district.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 135; 2017, c. 14; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.","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}}