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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61609</law_id><section_number>15.2-3914</section_number><catch_line>Rejection or adoption of charter at election</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="39">Transition of Counties to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the proposed charter is not adopted by a majority of those voting in the election, an <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be entered of record accordingly, and no other election for any change in the <span class="dictionary">county</span> form of government shall be held within three years after the date of the election. If the proposed charter is adopted by a majority of those voting in the election, the special <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> accordingly, a copy of which shall be forthwith certified to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and two copies, in the form of a proposed bill to grant the charter, shall be certified to one or more members of the General Assembly representing the <span class="dictionary">county</span> for introduction as a bill in the General Assembly.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.15; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
