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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80311</law_id><section_number>15.2-3532</section_number><catch_line>Required provisions of consolidation agreement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="35">Consolidation of Localities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Consolidation of Certain Counties, Cities and Towns</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the provisions required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Consolidation agreement generally; advisory committee; filing agreement and referendum petition with court" href="/15.2-3529/">15.2-3529</a>, any <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span> agreement adopted pursuant to this article shall contain the following provisions:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of all property, real or personal, of any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> affected by the proposed <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span>, including any and all debts due to any such <span class="dictionary">locality</span>; <a id="paragraph-287473" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-3532/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Reimbursement for, or assumption of, a just proportion of any existing debt of any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> proposed to be consolidated by the consolidated <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span>; <a id="paragraph-287474" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-3532/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Towns</span> located within any <span class="dictionary">county</span> which proposes to consolidate with another <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span>, or combination thereof, into a consolidated <span class="dictionary">city</span>, and not a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span> agreement, shall continue as townships within the proposed consolidated <span class="dictionary">city</span>; <a id="paragraph-287475" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-3532/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Towns</span> located within any <span class="dictionary">county</span> which proposes to consolidate with another <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span>, or combination thereof, into a consolidated <span class="dictionary">county</span>, and not a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span> agreement, shall continue as <span class="dictionary">towns</span> within the proposed consolidated <span class="dictionary">county</span>. <a id="paragraph-287476" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-3532/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-222.1; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1133; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
