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2012 SESSION
12104035DBe 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, 2018, or (ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of
any biennium, other than
the 1998-2000, 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2006-2008, and 2008-2010,
and 2010-2012 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, 2018, or (ii) the July 1 next following the expiration of
any biennium, other than
the 1998-2000, 2000-2002, 2002-2004, 2006-2008, and 2008-2010,
and 2010-2012 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.
(1987, c. 216, § 15.1-1032.2; 1988, c. 270; 1989, c. 134; 1990, c. 759; 1991, c. 359; 1993, c. 611; 1994, c. 557; 1996, cc. 225, 572; 1997, c. 587; 1999, cc. 692, 705, 744; 2001, c. 733; 2002, c. 786; 2004, c. 879; 2008, c. 347; 2009, cc. 129, 435, 631.)