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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 1976, chapter 11.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66618,"section_number":"21-121.6","catch_line":"Sanitary districts in certain counties with a water and sewer authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-121.6\/"},{"id":64870,"section_number":"21-122","catch_line":"Authority to issue bonds; limitation of amount","order_by":null,"url":"\/21-122\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82479,"section_number":"24.2-684","catch_line":"How referendum elections called and held, and the results ascertained and certified","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-684\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179599,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75145,"identifier":"21-123","token":"21\/2\/2\/21-123","url":"\/21-123\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/21-123\/","token":"21\/2\/2\/21-123","dublin_core":{"Title":"Order requiring election","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 21-123","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of such county, upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of a majority of the members of the governing body of the county, or upon the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> of fifty qualified voters residing in such sanitary district, shall make an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"How referendum elections called and held, and the results ascertained and certified\" href=\"\/24.2-684\/\">24.2-684<\/a> requiring the officers of election to open a poll and take the sense of the qualified voters of the district on the question whether the governing body shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> for one or more of the purposes for which the sanitary district was created.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDER REQUIRING ELECTION (\u00a7 21-123)\n\nThe circuit court of such county, upon the petition of a majority of the members\nof the governing body of the county, or upon the petition of fifty qualified\nvoters residing in such sanitary district, shall make an order in accordance\nwith \u00a7 24.2-684 requiring the officers of election to open a poll and take the\nsense of the qualified voters of the district on the question whether the\ngoverning body shall issue bonds for one or more of the purposes for which the\nsanitary district was created.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 181; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560z2; 1976, c. 11.","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}}