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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56824</law_id><section_number>15.2-857</section_number><catch_line>Judicial review; mandamus</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="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Urban County Executive Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Election Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the board changes the boundaries, or increases or diminishes the number of districts, or reapportions the representation in the board as prescribed hereinabove, such action shall not be subject to judicial review, except as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Mandamus action for failure to reapportion districts or wards" href="/24.2-304.4/">24.2-304.4</a>. Whenever the board fails to reapportion the representation among the districts of such <span class="dictionary">county</span>, or fails to change the boundaries of districts, mandamus shall lie on behalf of any citizen thereof to compel performance by the board.</p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 201, &#xA7; 15.1-788.1; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
