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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73329</law_id><section_number>15.2-1426</section_number><catch_line>Form of ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1414.3</reference><reference>15.2-1414.6</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="14">Governing Bodies of Localities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Ordinances and Other Actions by the Local Governing Body</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">object</span> of every <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, except an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> approving a budget, an annual appropriation <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> which codifies <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span>, shall be clearly expressed in its title. All <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> which repeal or <span class="dictionary">amend</span> existing <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> shall identify by title the section to be repealed or amended.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 15-8, 15-10; 1950, p. 113; 1954, c. 529; 1956, cc. 218, 664; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 40; 1958, cc. 190, 279; 1960, c. 606; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-504; 1966, cc. 405, 612; 1968, c. 625; 1970, c. 581; 1972, cc. 41, 837; 1973, c. 380; 1978, c. 235; 1983, c. 11; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
