                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TEMPORARY RESTRICTION ON ANNEXATION (§ 15.2-4117)

For a period of two years from the effective date of a court order granting town
status to a city making the transition from city status to town status, the town
shall not file an annexation notice with the Commission on Local Government
pursuant to § 15.2-2907, nor shall it institute an annexation court action
against any county. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit the institution of
nor require the stay of an annexation proceeding or the filing of an annexation
notice for the purpose of implementing an annexation agreement, provided that
the extent, terms and conditions of such agreement have been agreed upon by the
governing bodies of the county and the town.

HISTORY: 1996, cc. 641, 649, § 15.1-965.24:2; 1997, c. 587.