Virginia § 1-229 Optional form of county government; effect of change in form

Virginia Statutes

§ 1-229 — Optional form of county government; effect of change in form

Virginia § 1-229

Title 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Ch. 2.1COMMON LAW AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Art. 2RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

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Va. Code Ann. § 1-229 (2026).

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Whenever any county, city, town, political subdivision, or combination thereof is identified in an act of the General Assembly by reference to its proximity to a county that has adopted an optional form of government provided in Title 15.2, and that county changes its form of government, the act shall continue to apply to such county, city, town, political subdivision, or combination thereof and shall cease to apply only upon the subsequent enactment by the General Assembly of a measure in which such intent clearly is stated.

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Whenever any county, city, town, political subdivision, or combination thereof is identified in an act of the General Assembly by reference to its proximity to a county that has adopted an optional form of government provided in Title 15.2, and that county changes its form of government, the act shall continue to apply to such county, city, town, political subdivision, or combination thereof and shall cease to apply only upon the subsequent enactment by the General Assembly of a measure in which such intent clearly is stated.