                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INITIATION OF PROCEEDING FOR DECLARATION OF IMMUNITY (§ 15.2-3301)

The governing body of any county or tier-city may, by ordinance passed by a
recorded affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof, petition the
circuit court for the county for an order declaring the county or tier-city
totally or partially immune, as the case may be, from city-initiated annexation
and from the incorporation of new cities within its boundaries.
		If the petition for total or partial county immunity is filed after the
institution of a proceeding for city-initiated annexation of county or tier-city
territory or for the incorporation of a new city within the county&#8217;s or
tier-city&#8217;s boundaries under the provisions of Chapters 32 (§ 15.2-3200
et seq.) or 38 (§ 15.2-3800 et seq.) and before the time limit for pleadings
established by the court pursuant to § 15.2-3204 or § 15.2-3805, the
proceeding for annexation or incorporation shall be stayed until the court
determines the question of total or partial county immunity. The clerk of the
circuit court shall give notice of its receipt of a county&#8217;s or
tier-city&#8217;s petition for immunity to each court in which the county or
tier-city may be a party to a city-initiated annexation proceeding or to a
proceeding for the incorporation of a new city.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.20; 1984, c. 695; 1985, c. 478; 1997, c. 587.