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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64037</law_id><section_number>15.2-2413.14</section_number><catch_line>Petition for a proposed business improvement and recruitment district</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2413.15</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="24">Service Districts; Taxes and Assessments for Local Improvements</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Business Improvement and Recruitment Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the submission to the clerk of a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> of a written <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, signed by a majority of the <span class="dictionary">business owners</span> in the proposed <span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span> who will pay more than 50 percent of the <span class="dictionary">fees</span> proposed to be charged, a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may initiate proceedings to form a <span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span>. The amount of the <span class="dictionary">fees</span> attributable to a business owned by the same <span class="dictionary">business owner</span> that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all <span class="dictionary">fees</span> proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> is signed by <span class="dictionary">business owners</span> who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of <span class="dictionary">fees</span> proposed to be charged.
		Any <span class="dictionary">petition</span> shall include a summary of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span> plan</span>. The summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the <span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span>, information specifying where the complete <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span> plan</span> can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">business improvement and recruitment district</span> plan</span> shall be furnished by the signatories of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> upon request.</p></section></text><history>2023, c. 745.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
