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1999 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 July 1, 2000 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 biennium, during which the General Assembly appropriated for
distribution to localities for aid in their law-enforcement expenditures
pursuant to Article 2.2 (§ 9-183.13 et seq.) of Chapter 27 of Title 9 an amount
that is less than the total amount required to be appropriated for such purpose
pursuant to subsection A of § 9-183.16, 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 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.
Beginning January 1, 1988, and terminating July 1, 2000 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
biennium, during which the General Assembly appropriated for distribution to localities for aid in their
law-enforcement expenditures pursuant to Article 2.2 (§ 9-183.13 et seq.) of
Chapter 27 of Title 9 an amount that is less than the total amount required to be
appropriated for such purpose pursuant to subsection A of § 9-183.16, 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.