                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION FOR CONTRACTION OF TOWNS LOCATED IN TWO OR MORE COUNTIES; APPOINTMENT
OF SPECIAL COURT (§ 15.2-3241)

Whenever it is deemed desirable to contract the corporate limits of a town
located partially in one county and partially in another, a majority of voters
registered to vote at the preceding November general election residing in that
part of the town which is proposed to be abandoned may petition the circuit
court for the county in which that part of the town is located to amend the
charter of the town so as to exclude from the corporate limits of the town that
part of the town which is located in such county.
		Such petition shall be signed by the petitioners. It shall accurately define
the boundary of the territory proposed to be abandoned and shall pray that the
charter of the town may be amended so as to exclude such territory from the
corporate limits of the town. The circuit court with which the petition was
filed shall notify the Supreme Court which shall appoint a special court to hear
the case as prescribed by Chapter 30 (§ 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-158; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1064; 1997, c. 587.