                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS SPECIFIED; ALTERNATIVE CONSOLIDATIONS (§ 15.2-3520)

By complying with the requirements specified in this article, any one or more
counties or cities having a common boundary, or any county and all incorporated
towns located entirely therein, may consolidate into a single county or city;
however, no consolidation instituted under the provisions of this article shall
result in the creation of consolidated cities, unless such proposed
consolidation is reviewed by the Commission on Local Government and a special
court established pursuant to § 15.2-3522 and they meet the criteria set out in
subsection A of § 15.2-3526.
		The term &#8220;incorporated towns&#8221; as used in this article means only
those incorporated towns which have held municipal elections in the ten years
preceding the date of the filing of a petition for a referendum pursuant to §
15.2-3529.
		If two or more like units of local government propose to consolidate into a
consolidated like unit of local government, they shall do so in accordance with
the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter.
		This article applies to the (i) consolidation of unlike units of local
governments such as a county and a city joining to form either a county or city;
(ii) consolidation of like units of local governments into an unlike unit of
local government such as a county and a county joining to form a city; or (iii)
other combinations provided for herein.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 85, § 15.1-1130.1; 1983, c. 4; 1997, c. 587.