CHAPTER 203

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-274.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to powers of governing bodies regarding zoning in certain counties.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 15-274.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
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§ 15-274.1. The board of county supervisors of any county which has
adopted the county executive form of organization and government pro-
vided for in this Article shall have the same powers as to zoning ordinances
as is provided by general law subject, however, to the following conditions,
except in counties which adopted the county executive form of organization
after January one, nineteen hundred fifty: No zoning ordinance adopted
by such board shall be effective unless and yntil the same shall have been
approved by the qualified voters of the county voting at an election called
and held as hereinafter provided.

When any such ordinance is adopted, the clerk of the board shall
arrange for publication thereof at least once a week for three successive
weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall
notify the judge of circuit court of the county of the passage of the
same, who shall issue a writ of election directing the regular election
officials of the county on a day fixed in such writ to open a poll and take
the sense of the qualified voters of the county on the question: Shall the
zoning ordinance adopted by the board of county supervisors on the
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The election shall be held, the results ascertained and certified, as
provided in § 24-141 of the Code of Virginia. If the majority of the voters
voting in the election vote in favor of such ordinance becoming effective,
the same shall be in effect from the day such result is certified to the
clerk of court by the commissioners of election.

2. An emergency exists and this Act is in force from its passage.