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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55880</law_id><section_number>24.2-312</section_number><catch_line>Effective date of other redistricting measures; elections following annexation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-3226</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Election Districts, Precincts, and Polling Places</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Effective Dates of Redistricting Measures</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any redistricting, other than the decennial redistricting, of any county, city, or town shall be effective at midnight December 31 of the year in which the redistricting occurs. <a id="paragraph-204675" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-312/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Members of county, city, and town governing bodies in office when any such redistricting measure is adopted shall complete their terms of office. The <span class="dictionary">elections</span> for their successors shall be held at the <span class="dictionary">general election</span> next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the incumbent members and shall be conducted on the basis of the districts set out in the measures to accomplish the redistricting. <a id="paragraph-204676" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-312/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> When a county has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs in the year of a regularly scheduled November <span class="dictionary">general election</span> for members of the county&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">board</span> of supervisors, the November <span class="dictionary">general election</span> shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to March 15 of the year of the election. <a id="paragraph-204677" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-312/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> When a city or town has been redistricted as a result of annexation and the redistricting occurs prior to a regularly scheduled May <span class="dictionary">general election</span> for members of the city&#x2019;s or town&#x2019;s governing body, the May <span class="dictionary">general election</span> shall be conducted from the newly established districts so long as the redistricting measure has been adopted prior to the November 15 immediately preceding the election. <a id="paragraph-204678" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-312/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 500, &#xA7; 24.1-17.3; 1993, c. 641; 1995, c. 249.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
