Chapter 38 Transition of Towns to Cities
This chapter is comprised of the following sections:
- §15.2-3800 Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court
- §15.2-3801 Referendum
- §15.2-3802 Town and county agreement concerning proposed city
- §15.2-3803 Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading
- §15.2-3804 Parties
- §15.2-3805 Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
- §15.2-3806 Pretrial conference; matters considered
- §15.2-3807 Hearing and decision by court
- §15.2-3808 Assistance of state agencies
- §15.2-3809 Appeals
- §15.2-3810 Declining of grant of city status
- §15.2-3811 Proceeding final for three years
- §15.2-3812 Effect when town becomes city
- §15.2-3813 Town liabilities and assets
- §15.2-3814 Mayor of town to continue in office
- §15.2-3815 Council of town to continue in office; additional members
- §15.2-3816 Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer
- §15.2-3817 Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commissioner or assessor
- §15.2-3818 Town sergeant to continue in office
- §15.2-3819 Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city
- §15.2-3820 Election and terms of other city officers
- §15.2-3821 Qualification of officers; vacancies
- §15.2-3822 Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction
- §15.2-3823 Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city
- §15.2-3824 Town officers
- §15.2-3825 Courts
- §15.2-3826 Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk
- §15.2-3827 Transfer of assessments to city books
- §15.2-3828 State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city sales and use tax
- §15.2-3829 Assumption of debt; adjustment
- §15.2-3830 Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county
- §15.2-3831 Registrars and their duties
- §15.2-3832 Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel
- §15.2-3833 Chapter not applicable to cities already existing
- §15.2-3834 Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed