§ 15.2-3700. Towns may annul charters

A town may annul its charter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 1992, c. 453, § 15.1-965.28; 1997, c. 587.

§ 15.2-3701. Agreement required

Before initiating proceedings pursuant to this chapter, a town council shall enter into an agreement with the board of supervisors of the county or counties within which the town is located. The agreement shall provide for the transfer to the county or counties of all of the revenues the town receives, the services it performs, […]

§ 15.2-3702. Ordinance required

After the agreement required by § 15.2-3701 has been reached, the town council may, by ordinance passed by a recorded majority vote of all the members thereof, petition the circuit court for the county or counties in which the town is located for an order requiring a referendum on the question of whether the town […]

§ 15.2-3703. Notice of motion; service and publication; docketing

Upon adoption of the ordinance required by § 15.2-3702, the town shall serve notice on the attorney for the Commonwealth, or on the county attorney, if there is one, and on the chairman of the governing body of the county or counties in which the town is located that it will, on a given day, […]

§ 15.2-3704. Order for election; conduct of election

When publication of the notice and ordinance is completed, the circuit court shall by order issued in accordance with § 24.2-684 require the regular election officers of the county or counties in which the town is located to open the polls on the day fixed in the order and take the sense of the qualified […]

§ 15.2-3705. Results of election

The ballots shall be counted and returns made and canvassed as in other elections and the results certified by the secretary of the electoral board to the judge of the circuit court. If the report of the secretary of the electoral board shows that a majority of the qualified voters of the town voting on […]

§ 15.2-3706. Annulment of surrendered charter

Upon the effective date of the annulment, the town charter which is surrendered by the ordinance shall be annulled. The terms and conditions of the contract with the county or counties in which the town is located required by § 15.2-3701 shall be a binding and irrevocable contract in favor of the public, compliance with […]

§ 15.2-3707. General effect of annulment

Upon the effective date of annulment, the town shall terminate, as shall the terms of office and the rights, powers, duties and compensation of the officers, agents and employees of the town. 1992, c. 453, § 15.1-965.36; 1997, c. 587.

§ 15.2-3708. Transfer of property and indebtedness

Upon the effective date of annulment, the title to all property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of the former town shall be vested in, and the indebtedness become a debt of, the county or counties in which the town was located without any further act or deed. 1992, c. 453, § 15.1-965.37; 1997, c. […]

§ 15.2-3709. Special debt district

If so provided in the agreement required by § 15.2-3701, the territory constituting the former town may be a special debt district for the purpose of repaying all or part of the existing indebtedness chargeable to the town before annulment. A special tax on real property within the special debt district shall be levied for […]

§ 15.2-3710. Records and documents

All records and documents of the former town shall pass to and be held by the county or counties in which the town was located which shall be responsible for the preservation, maintenance and custody of these records and documents. 1992, c. 453, § 15.1-965.39; 1997, c. 587.

§ 15.2-3711. Effect on pending suits

If at the time of annulment there are any pending actions or proceedings by or against the town, or if after the effective date of annulment an action or proceeding out of a cause of action which arose prior to the time of annulment, which but for the annulment would have been by or against […]

§ 15.2-3712. Repeal of charter

After a town charter has been annulled in accordance with this chapter, the local governing body of the county or counties in which the town was located shall make a request to a state legislator representing that county that the General Assembly repeal the town charter at the next legislative session. 1992, c. 453, § […]