                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CITIZEN PETITION FOR TOWN STATUS (§ 15.2-4102)

Voters equal in number to fifteen percent or more of the registered voters of
the city as of January 1 of the year in which the petition is filed may petition
the circuit court for the city, stating that it is desirable that such city make
the transition to town status. All of the signatures on the petition shall have
been made and filed within a twelve-month period. A copy of the petition shall
be served on the city attorney and the county attorney, or if there is none, on
the attorney for the Commonwealth for the county and on the mayor of the city
and the chairman of the board of supervisors of the adjoining counties. A copy
of the petition shall be published at least once a week for four successive
weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the city and the adjoining
county. The case shall proceed in all respects as though instituted in the
manner prescribed in § 15.2-4101, and the court shall forthwith refer the
petition to the Commission on Local Government for review pursuant to Chapter 29
(§ 15.2-2900 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.10; 1997, cc. 178, 587.