§ 15.2-4114. Liabilities and assets of such city
Unless otherwise provided by agreement of the governing bodies of the city and county, or by order of the special court pursuant to § 15.2-4106, a town created under this chapter shall remain liable for all of the bonded indebtedness, current debts, obligations, and liabilities if incurred as a city. Unless otherwise provided by agreement […]
§ 15.2-4115. Effect when city becomes town; officers
When a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter, its ordinances shall become the ordinances of the town, insofar as they are applicable, and consistent with law, until they are repealed, and the existence of such city as an independent city of the Commonwealth shall terminate, as shall the terms of office […]
§ 15.2-4115.1. Disposition of police department or sheriff’s department motorcycles
When a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter and the police department or sheriff’s department of the former city ceases to exist, officers of the former city police department or sheriff’s department shall be entitled to purchase motorcycles that previously belonged to the police department or sheriff’s department at the same […]
§ 15.2-4116. Library aid continued
In any transition under the provisions of this chapter, if a regional library system existed between a former city and the county surrounding it, or if the former city continues to operate an independent library, the Commonwealth shall continue state aid to the former regional library system or independent library the same as if no […]
§ 15.2-4117. Temporary restriction on annexation
For a period of two years from the effective date of a court order granting town status to a city making the transition from city status to town status, the town shall not file an annexation notice with the Commission on Local Government pursuant to § 15.2-2907, nor shall it institute an annexation court action […]
§ 15.2-4118. Effect on pending suits
If at the time a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter there are any pending actions or proceedings by or against the city, or if after a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter an action or proceeding out of a cause of action which arose prior to […]
§ 15.2-4119. Effect on jurisdiction of courts
Upon the effective date of the transition from city to town status, all criminal prosecutions then pending therein, whether by indictment, warrant or other complaint, and all suits, actions, motions, warrants, and other proceedings of a civil nature, with all the records of the courts of the city, shall stand ipso facto removed to the […]
§ 15.2-4120. Court granting transition to town status to exist for 10 years
A. The special court created pursuant to § 15.2-4101 shall not be dissolved after rendering a decision granting any motion or petition for transition to town status, but shall remain in existence for a period of 10 years from the effective date of any transition order entered, or from the date of any decision of […]
§ 15.2-4113. Restriction on subsequent change in status
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, a town created under this chapter shall not return to its previous independent city status. 1996, cc. 337, 349, § 15.1-965.22:1; 1997, c. 587.
§ 15.2-4108. Appeals
Appeals may be made to the Court of Appeals as provided in §§ 15.2-3221 and 15.2-3222, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. Any judgment of the Court of Appeals rendered pursuant to this section may be appealed to the Supreme Court, which, if it grants the petition for appeal, shall hear the appeal as provided in […]