15.2-3802 - Town and county agreement concerning proposed city. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-3802. Town and county agreement concerning proposed city.

No court proceedings shall be instituted until the governing bodies of thetown and county have failed, in the sole opinion of the governing body of thetown, to reach an agreement with respect to the proposed city. If thegoverning bodies reach an agreement, it shall be certified by order of thespecial court and a grant of city status shall be made upon a finding thatthe criteria set out in subsection A of § 15.2-3807 have been satisfied.

(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-982.2; 1982, c. 181; 1997, c. 587.)