15.2-3549 - Powers of a tier-city. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-3549. Powers of a tier-city.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any city locatedentirely within the boundary of any county proposing to consolidate with suchcounty, and which becomes a tier-city shall have, mutatis mutandis, all thepowers, duties and responsibilities of a town together with such additionalpowers as may be granted it by law, general or special. The appropriateprovisions of the charter for such city may be made a part of theconsolidation agreement and in that event shall become the charter of suchtier-city, subject to the subsequent approval of the General Assembly. Suchtier-city established pursuant to this section shall continue to exercisesuch powers and elect such officers as the tier-city charter may authorizeand such other powers as tier-cities or towns exercise under general law.Except for those powers reserved to the tier-city in the consolidationagreement, the consolidated county shall exercise such powers in thetier-city as are exercised by counties in towns. Tier-cities shall receivefrom the Commonwealth financial assistance in the same manner and to the sameextent as is provided towns. A tier-city may transfer all or part of therevenues it receives, the services it performs, its facilities, or otherassets to the county by agreement of the governing bodies. The governingbodies may provide by agreement for the assumption of all or part of thetier-city's debt by the consolidated county. The tier-city boundaries withinthe county may be established initially as agreed to and provided for in theconsolidation agreement.

(1984, c. 695, § 15.1-1146.1:1; 1997, c. 587.)