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2009 SESSION
084454604Be 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, 20102020, or
(ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of any biennium, other than the
1998-2000, 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, 20102020, or
(ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of any biennium, other than the
1998-2000, 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.