                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EFFECT WHEN CITY BECOMES TOWN; OFFICERS (§ 15.2-4115)

When a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter, its ordinances
shall become the ordinances of the town, insofar as they are applicable, and
consistent with law, until they are repealed, and the existence of such city as
an independent city of the Commonwealth shall terminate, as shall the terms of
office and the rights, powers, duties and compensation of its constitutional
officers and their deputies and employees. All officers, agents and employees of
the city, including the mayor and the members of city council, shall continue to
serve as the officers, agents and employees of the town, until their positions
or offices are terminated as provided by law, or in the case of the mayor and
members of council, until their successors are elected or appointed. The circuit
court shall order an election to be held pursuant to § 24.2-682 not less than
thirty nor more than 180 days after the date of the special court order granting
town status, but at least thirty days before the effective date of the
transition from city to town status, at which election the town council and
other elected officers of the town shall be selected. The terms of such officers
shall commence on the day the transition from city to town status becomes
effective and shall continue, unless otherwise removed, until their successors
have been elected and assume office. The successors or all such officers whose
first election is herein provided for shall thereafter be elected at the time,
in the manner and for the terms provided by general law.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.24; 1997, c. 587.