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Volume | 1950 |
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Law Number | 591 |
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CHAPTER 591
ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section num-
bered 15-222.4, providing that a charter provided by Act
of Assembly for a consolidated city composed of certain
counties, cities, and towns may be used in lieu of a consoli-
dation agreement as a basis for consolidation of such coun-
ties, cities and towns, and to amend and reenact §§ 15-222.8
and 15-224 of the Code of 1950 relating to provisions of con-
solidation agreements and plans and to order for ot G8 |
Approved April 11, 1950
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a section
ibered 15-222.4, and that §§ 15-222.3 and 15-224 of the Code
950 be amended and reenacted, as follows:
§ 15-222.3. Optional provisions of consolidation agreement
jlian.—Any such consolidation agreement or plan may contain
of the following provisions:
(1) That in any territory a part of the consolidated city,
county proposed to be included therein there shall be no
‘ease in assessments, except for permanent improvements
le after the consolidation, for a period of not exceeding five
rs;
(2) That the rate of tax on real property in any such terri-
r shall not be increased for a period of five years;
(3) That in any area specified in such agreement or plan
re may, for the purpose of repaying existing indebtedness
rgeable to such area prior to consolidation, be levied a
cial tax on real property for a period of not exceeding
nty years, which may be different from and in addition to
general tax rate throughout the entire consolidated city, or
nty, or counties, as the case may be;
(4) That geographical subdivisions of the consolidated city,
ye known as boroughs, may be established, which may be the
1e as the existing cities, towns, counties or portions of coun-
. included in the consolidated city, and may be the same as
temporary special debt districts referred to in subsection (3)
of this section; the names of such boroughs shall be set forth
in the consolidation agreement;
(5) That geographical subdivisions of the consolidated
county or counties, to be known as shires, may be established,
which shall be the same as and bear the names of the existing
counties or portions of counties included in the consolidated
county or counties, and may be the same as the temporary spe-
cial debt districts referred to in subsection (3) of this section;
(6) That in the event of consolidation of such counties and
cities into a single county, there may be established geographical
subdivisions of such county, to be known as boroughs, ich
shall be the same as and bear the names of the existing ‘cities
and towns, and shires, which shall be the same as and bear the
names of the existing counties;
(7) That in the event of the establishment of such shires
or boroughs, it shall be the duty of the State Highway Commis-
sion and the Director of Conservation and Development to erect
suitable monuments or markers indicating the limits of such
geographical subdivisions and setting forth the history of each;
(8) That in the event of establishment of a consolidated
city, there shall be a new election of officers therefor whose
election and qualification shall terminate the terms of office of
their predecessors; provision may be made for the exclusion
from ee new election of such elective officers as is deemed
desirable ;
(9) That in the event of the establishment of a consolidated
city the tax rate on all property of the same class within the
city shall be uniform; provided that the council shall have power
to levy a higher tax in such areas of the city as desire additional
or more complete services of -government than are desired in
the city as a whole and, in such case, the proceeds therefrom
shall be so segragated as to enable the same to be expended in
the areas in which raised. Provided further that such higher
tax rate shall not be levied for school, police or general govern-
ment services but only for those services which prior to consolt-
dation were not offered in the whole of all the consolidated politi-
cal subdivisions.
§ 15-224. Order for election—When publication of the
consolidation agreement or plan for consolidation in each of
the counties, cities and towns is completed, of which the certifi-
cate to the judges of the circuit courts having jurisdiction in
the counties and towns and to the judges of the corporation
court having jurisdiction in the cities, from the owner, editor
or manager of each newspaper publishing the same, shall be
proof, the respective judges of the circuit courts of the counties
and the corporation courts of the cities, shall by order entered
of record in each such county and city require the regular elec-
tion officers of such counties, cities and towns at the next regular
November election, or on the day fixed in the order, which date
shall be the same in each of the counties, cities and towns pro-
posing to consolidate, to open a poll and take the sense of the
qualified voters of each such county, city and town on the
question submitted as hereinafter provided. If a special election
is called it shall be held not less than thirty days nor more than
* one hundred eighty days from the completion of the consolida-
tion agreement, if any; or if such election be on a plan of con-
solidation presented by a regional planning commission, it shall
be held not less than * thirty nor more than * one hundred
eighty days from the date of such order; but no such election
shall be held within thirty days of any regular election. Such
order shall specify the date on which, if a majority of the
voters voting in the election vote in favor of consolidation, the
consolidation agreement or plan shall become effective, which
shall be not less than sixty nor more than one hundred * eighty
days after such election. The provisions of this section as to
the calling and holding of elections on consolidation agreements
and on plans of consolidation shall apply mutatis mutandis to
any prospective charter for any such consolidated city approved
by the General Assembly for adoption in any area subject to the
provisions of this article, and the fact that any such charter
has been granted shall be deemed to be notice to the public in
any such area and publication thereof shall not be required in
any event.
§ 15-222.4. If, pursuant to any consolidation agreement
entered into pursuant to this article, a proposed charter for a
consolidated city has been approved by the General Assembly
for adoption in any area subject to the provisions of this article,
then in any subsequent proceedings under the provisions of this
article, such charter may be used as the basis for a new consoli-
dation agreement, or upon petition of ten per centum of the
qualified voters of any county or city subject to the provisions
of this article such proposed charter may be submitted to the
qualified voters of the counties, cities and towns subject to this
article for adoption as the charter of such consolidated city and
shall in all respects fulfill the requirements of the consolidation
agreement provided for in this article; provided that if the
number of counties and cities so consolidating be less than the
number eligible to so consolidate, then the size of the governing
body of such consolidated city shall remain the same but the
number of councilmen at large shall be increased by the number
of members which such counties or cities not so consolidated
would otherwise have been entitled to; but this shall not operate
to reduce the representation of any county, city or town so
consolidating and the terms of such proposed charter shall be
construed to provide for this provision herein included.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its
passage.