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2004 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-3201 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-3201. Temporary restrictions on granting of city charters, filing annexation notices, institutions of annexation proceedings and county immunity proceedings.
Beginning January 1, 1987, and terminating on the first to occur of (i) July 1,
2010, or (ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of any biennium, other
than the 1998-2000 or, 2000-2002, and 2002-2004 bienniums, during which the
General Assembly appropriated for distribution to localities for aid in their law-enforcement expenditures
pursuant to Article 8 (§ 9.1-165 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an amount
that is less than the total amount required to be appropriated for such purpose
pursuant to subsection A of § 9.1-169, no city shall file against any county an
annexation notice with the Commission on Local Government pursuant to §
15.2-2907, and no city shall institute an annexation court action against any county
under any provision of this chapter except a city that filed an annexation notice
before the Commission on Local Government prior to January 1, 1987. During the
same period, with the exception of a charter for a proposed consolidated city,
no city charter shall be granted or come into force and no suit or notice shall
be filed to secure a city charter. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit
the institution of nor require the stay of an annexation proceeding or the
filing of an annexation notice for the purpose of implementing an annexation
agreement, the extent, terms and conditions of which have been agreed upon by a
county and city; nor shall the foregoing prohibit the institution of or require
the stay of an annexation proceeding by a city which, prior to January 1, 1987,
commenced a proceeding before the Commission on Local Government to review a
proposed voluntary settlement pursuant to § 15.2-3400; nor shall the foregoing
prohibit the institution of or require the stay of any annexation proceeding
commenced pursuant to § 15.2-2907 or § 15.2-3203, except that no such
proceeding may be commenced by a city against any county, nor shall any city be a
petitioner in any annexation proceeding instituted pursuant to § 15.2-3203.
Beginning January 1, 1988, and terminating on the first to occur of (i) July 1,
2010, or (ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of any biennium, other
than the 1998-2000 or, 2000-2002, and 2002-2004 bienniums, during which the
General Assembly appropriated for distribution to localities for aid in their law-enforcement expenditures
pursuant to Article 8 (§ 9.1-165 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an amount
that is less than the total amount required to be appropriated for such purpose
pursuant to subsection A of § 9.1-169, no county shall file a notice or
petition pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 29 (§ 15.2-2900 et seq.) or
Chapter 33 (§ 15.2-3300 et seq.) requesting total or partial immunity from
city-initiated annexation and from the incorporation of new cities within its
boundaries. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit the institution of nor require
the stay of an immunity proceeding or the filing of an immunity notice for the
purpose of implementing an immunity agreement, the extent, terms and conditions
of which have been agreed upon by a county and city.