15.2-4102 - Citizen petition for town status. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-4102. Citizen petition for town status.

Voters equal in number to fifteen percent or more of the registered voters ofthe city as of January 1 of the year in which the petition is filed maypetition the circuit court for the city, stating that it is desirable thatsuch city make the transition to town status. All of the signatures on thepetition shall have been made and filed within a twelve-month period. A copyof the petition shall be served on the city attorney and the county attorney,or if there is none, on the attorney for the Commonwealth for the county andon the mayor of the city and the chairman of the board of supervisors of theadjoining counties. A copy of the petition shall be published at least once aweek for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation inthe city and the adjoining county. The case shall proceed in all respects asthough instituted in the manner prescribed in § 15.2-4101, and the courtshall forthwith refer the petition to the Commission on Local Government forreview pursuant to Chapter 29 (§ 15.2-2900 et seq.).

(1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.10; 1997, cc. 178, 587.)