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1999 SESSION
996939719Be 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 2010, 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 2010, 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.