                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL ELECTIONS; REQUEST FOR ABOLITION OF CERTAIN LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES
(§ 15.2-206)

No bill to enact or amend a charter which has the effect of abolishing any
office set forth in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia shall
be considered unless a referendum, elsewhere authorized by law, has been
conducted in accordance with the provisions of § 24.2-685, and a majority of
the qualified voters voting thereon have approved the request for the enactment
or amendment of the charter.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 586, § 15.1-836.1:1; 1986, c. 355; 1997, c. 587.