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No part of the funds raised by the general city or town taxes shall be considered available, allocated, or expended for any purpose until there has been an appropriation of funds for that expenditure or purpose by the council either annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly. There shall be no mandatory duty upon the council of any city or town to appropriate any funds raised by general city or town taxes except to pay the principal and interest on bonds and other legal obligations of the city or town and to pay obligations of the city or town or its agencies and departments arising under contracts executed or approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically provided by statute. Any funds collected and not expended in any fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal years and shall be available for appropriation for any governmental purposes in those years. 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Any such governing body may provide that if any taxpayer owns tangible personal property of such small value that the local levies thereon for the year result in a tax of less than fifteen dollars, such tax may be collected as provided by ordinance or such property may be omitted from the personal property book and no assessment made thereon.\n\t\tThe imposition of taxes or the collection of such taxes shall not constitute an appropriation nor an obligation or duty to appropriate any funds by the council of any city or town for any purpose, expenditure, or contemplated expenditure. No part of the funds raised by the general city or town taxes shall be considered available, allocated, or expended for any purpose until there has been an appropriation of funds for that expenditure or purpose by the council either annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1972, chapter 340; in 1984, chapter 675; in 1988, chapter 430; in 1989, chapter 81; in 1994, chapter 252<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":256483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57439,"identifier":"58.1-3005","token":"58.1\/III\/30\/58.1-3005","url":"\/58.1-3005\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3005\/","token":"58.1\/III\/30\/58.1-3005","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cities and towns to make city and town levies; funds not available, allocated, etc., until appropriated","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3005","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The council of every city and town shall annually cause to be made up and entered on its journals an account of all sums lawfully chargeable on the city or town which ought to be paid within one year and order<\/span> the imposition of taxes in such amount as in their opinion<\/span> is necessary to be raised. Any such governing body may provide that if any taxpayer<\/span> owns tangible personal property of such small value that the local levies thereon for the year result in a tax of less than fifteen dollars, such tax may be collected as provided by ordinance<\/span> or such property may be omitted from the personal property book and no assessment made thereon.\n\t\tThe imposition of taxes or the collection of such taxes shall not constitute an appropriation nor an obligation or duty to appropriate any funds by the council of any city or town for any purpose, expenditure, or contemplated expenditure. No part of the funds raised by the general city or town taxes shall be considered available, allocated, or expended for any purpose until there has been an appropriation of funds for that expenditure or purpose by the council either annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly. There shall be no mandatory duty upon the council of any city or town to appropriate any funds raised by general city or town taxes except to pay the principal and interest on bonds<\/span> and other legal obligations of the city or town and to pay obligations of the city or town or its agencies and departments<\/span> arising under contracts<\/span> executed or approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically provided by statute<\/span>. Any funds collected and not expended in any fiscal year shall be carried over to the succeeding fiscal years and shall be available for appropriation for any governmental purposes in those years. This section shall be applicable to all cities and towns in the Commonwealth and the provisions of any charter of any city or town inconsistent or in conflict with this section shall be inoperative to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCITIES AND TOWNS TO MAKE CITY AND TOWN LEVIES; FUNDS NOT AVAILABLE, ALLOCATED,\nETC., UNTIL APPROPRIATED (\u00a7 58.1-3005)\n\nThe council of every city and town shall annually cause to be made up and\nentered on its journals an account of all sums lawfully chargeable on the city\nor town which ought to be paid within one year and order the imposition of taxes\nin such amount as in their opinion is necessary to be raised. Any such governing\nbody may provide that if any taxpayer owns tangible personal property of such\nsmall value that the local levies thereon for the year result in a tax of less\nthan fifteen dollars, such tax may be collected as provided by ordinance or such\nproperty may be omitted from the personal property book and no assessment made\nthereon.\n\t\tThe imposition of taxes or the collection of such taxes shall not constitute\nan appropriation nor an obligation or duty to appropriate any funds by the\ncouncil of any city or town for any purpose, expenditure, or contemplated\nexpenditure. No part of the funds raised by the general city or town taxes shall\nbe considered available, allocated, or expended for any purpose until there has\nbeen an appropriation of funds for that expenditure or purpose by the council\neither annually, semiannually, quarterly, or monthly. There shall be no\nmandatory duty upon the council of any city or town to appropriate any funds\nraised by general city or town taxes except to pay the principal and interest on\nbonds and other legal obligations of the city or town and to pay obligations of\nthe city or town or its agencies and departments arising under contracts\nexecuted or approved by the council, unless otherwise specifically provided by\nstatute. Any funds collected and not expended in any fiscal year shall be\ncarried over to the succeeding fiscal years and shall be available for\nappropriation for any governmental purposes in those years. This section shall\nbe applicable to all cities and towns in the Commonwealth and the provisions of\nany charter of any city or town inconsistent or in conflict with this section\nshall be inoperative to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-844; 1950, p. 317; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 52; 1971, Ex.\nSess., c. 11; 1972, c. 340; 1984, c. 675; 1988, c. 430; 1989, c. 81; 1994, c.\n252.","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}}