                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT GENERALLY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; FILING AGREEMENT AND
REFERENDUM PETITION WITH COURT (§ 15.2-3529)

The board of supervisors or council of the locality desiring to consolidate into
a county or city, or any county and all incorporated towns located entirely
therein desiring to consolidate into a county or city may enter into a joint
agreement for such consolidation, setting forth in such consolidation agreement
the following:

1. The names of the localities proposing to consolidate;

2. The name of the county or counties or city into which the localities propose
to consolidate; or that the localities agree to conduct a subsequent referendum
to be voted on by the people of the consolidated county or city prior to the
effective date of the consolidation to select the name for the consolidated
county or city. The name chosen shall not be one that has been restricted or
prohibited by law;

3. The property, real or personal, belonging to each locality, and the fair
value thereof in current money of the United States;

4. The indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of each locality;

5. The day upon which the consolidation agreement shall become effective,
provided that, if an agreement proposes the creation of a consolidated city, the
effective date shall be stated in the charter enacted by the General Assembly;
and

6. Any other provisions which may be properly embodied in the agreement.
			Each governing body may appoint an advisory committee composed of three
persons to assist it in the preparation of an agreement, and may pay the members
of the advisory committee reasonable compensation, which shall be approved by
the circuit court for the locality.
			The original of the consolidation agreement, together with a petition on
behalf of the several governing bodies, signed by the chairman and the mayor and
the clerk of each of the bodies, asking that a referendum on the question of
consolidation of the localities, shall be filed with a judge of a circuit court
having jurisdiction over any of the localities proposing to consolidate;
however, when the consolidation agreement proposes the creation of a
consolidated city that includes at least one county, the petition shall ask for
proceedings pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-3521 through 15.2-3528 prior to such
referendum. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the judge of each
circuit court having jurisdiction in the localities that are parties to the
agreement.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-221; 1956, c. 554; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1131; 1968,
c. 694; 1975, c. 517; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.