No charter shall be granted to a locality by the General Assembly and no charter of a locality shall be amended by the General Assembly except as provided in this chapter or in Chapter 34 (§ 15.2-3400 et seq.) of this title.
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-200
Required procedure for obtaining new charter or amendment
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Latasha Holloway v. City of Virginia Beach (2022)
Most recently applied in Latasha Holloway v. City of Virginia Beach (July 2022)
Code 1950, § 15-65.1; 1958, c. 329; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-833; 1979, c. 297; 1985, c. 387; 1986, c. 312; 1997, c. 587.
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