15.2-3913 - Public hearing on charter; notice and publication; adoption of charter by governing body. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-3913. Public hearing on charter; notice and publication; adoption ofcharter by governing body.

Upon the completion of the proposed charter the governing body shall hold apublic hearing at which the citizens shall have an opportunity to be heardwith respect thereto. Notice of the time and place of such hearing and thetext of the charter, or an informative summary thereof, shall be published ina newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once a week for twosuccessive weeks. The hearing shall not be held sooner than thirty dayssubsequent to the first publication. Such hearing may be adjourned from timeto time, but shall be completed not less than thirty days before theelection. Upon completion of the hearing the governing body shall adopt thecharter with such revisions as it may accept.

(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.14; 1997, c. 587.)