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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 728<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61266,"section_number":"22.1-27","catch_line":"Contracts to furnish facilities and services","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-27\/"},{"id":61173,"section_number":"22.1-57.2","catch_line":"Referendum on direct election of school board members by the voters","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.2\/"},{"id":84083,"section_number":"22.1-57.3","catch_line":"Election of school board members; election of tie breaker","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-57.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":183981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69515,"identifier":"22.1-57.1:1","token":"22.1\/5\/7\/22.1-57.1_1","url":"\/22.1-57.1_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-57.1_1\/","token":"22.1\/5\/7\/22.1-57.1_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referendum in certain consolidated cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-57.1:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other statutory provision, where an existing city and a county consolidate into a consolidated city and where the county at the time of consolidation<\/span> is providing all school services to the existing city by contract<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-27<\/a> and the voters of the county have approved direct election of the school board<\/span>, the consolidation<\/span> plan or agreement shall provide for the election of school board<\/span> members directly by the voters of the consolidated city without the necessity of a further referendum<\/span> under \u00a7 22.1-57.2<\/a>; in such case, the consolidation<\/span> plan or agreement shall provide that the members of the initial school board<\/span> shall be elected from the municipal election districts designated in the consolidation<\/span> plan or agreement. The provisions of \u00a7 22.1-57.3<\/a> shall apply in all other respects.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFERENDUM IN CERTAIN CONSOLIDATED CITIES (\u00a7 22.1-57.1:1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other statutory provision,\nwhere an existing city and a county consolidate into a consolidated city and\nwhere the county at the time of consolidation is providing all school services\nto the existing city by contract pursuant to \u00a7 22.1-27 and the voters of the\ncounty have approved direct election of the school board, the consolidation plan\nor agreement shall provide for the election of school board members directly by\nthe voters of the consolidated city without the necessity of a further\nreferendum under \u00a7 22.1-57.2; in such case, the consolidation plan or agreement\nshall provide that the members of the initial school board shall be elected from\nthe municipal election districts designated in the consolidation plan or\nagreement. The provisions of \u00a7 22.1-57.3 shall apply in all other respects.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 728.","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}}