                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CREATION OF SERVICE DISTRICTS (§ 15.2-2400)

Any locality may by ordinance, or any two or more localities may by concurrent
ordinances, create service districts within the locality or localities in
accordance with the provisions of this article. Service districts may be created
to provide additional, more complete or more timely services of government than
are desired in the locality or localities as a whole.
		Any locality seeking to create a service district shall have a public hearing
prior to the creation of the service district. Notice of such hearing shall be
published three times in a newspaper of general circulation within the locality,
with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice
appearing no less than seven days before the hearing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-8.2; 1962, c. 581, § 15.1-18.2; 1981, c. 631, §
15.1-18.3; 1982, c. 96; 1984, c. 385; 1985, c. 150; 1987, cc. 61, 80, 82; 1988,
c. 402; 1989, c. 3; 1990, cc. 44, 515; 1991, cc. 12, 29; 1992, cc. 232, 655;
1993, c. 744; 1994, c. 166; 1996, cc. 99, 430, 844; 1997, c. 587; 2000, cc. 853,
925; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.