15.2-3215 - County reimbursement for town annexation proceedings. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-3215. County reimbursement for town annexation proceedings.

In any annexation proceedings in which a town participates, except those inwhich a town declines to accept an award by the special court, in which case§ 15.2-3213 shall apply, the court may direct the county within which thetown is located to reimburse the town, as hereinafter provided, forreasonable costs incurred by it in presenting its case. Such costs shallinclude attorneys' fees, engineering fees, witness fees, and other reasonablecosts as the court shall determine and allow. The court shall hear evidenceregarding the costs incurred by the town in presenting its annexation caseand may order part payment by the county to the town based upon aconsideration of the extent to which county revenues are derived from withinthe town, the relative financial ability of the town and county, and therelative merits of the case.

(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-1045.1; 1997, c. 587.)