Virginia Code 15.2-3812: Effect when town becomes city
If a town becomes a city under this chapter, then:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-3812
- City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
- Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July one, nineteen hundred seventy-one, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
1. Its charter, if it has one, shall remain in full force and effect insofar as its provisions do not conflict with this chapter;
2. Its ordinances shall be the ordinances of the city, insofar as they are applicable, until they are repealed by the city;
3. The officers of the town shall be the officers of the city until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify, except as provided in this chapter, and shall discharge the duties and be subject to the penalties imposed by such charter and ordinances and by general law; and
4. Provisions of the town charter in conflict with this title or other provisions of general law shall be repealed thereby.
Code 1950, § 15-83; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-983; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.