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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84387</law_id><section_number>15.2-3915</section_number><catch_line>Transition of county to independent city requires no action of town council</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>A <span class="dictionary">county</span> may become an independent <span class="dictionary">city</span> in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this chapter without the necessity of any action being taken by the <span class="dictionary">council</span> of any <span class="dictionary">town</span> situated in such <span class="dictionary">county</span> and without the necessity of separate referenda in any such <span class="dictionary">town</span> on the question of the transition of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> to a <span class="dictionary">city</span>.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.16; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
