This chapter shall not affect the organization, government, officers, charter or laws governing any city declared to be such prior to January 1, 1976, under former acts of the General Assembly. Statutes under which cities declared to be such prior to January 1, 1976, were organized as cities shall continue in force.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-3833

  • 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

Code 1950, § 15-108; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1009; 1979, c. 85; 1997, c. 587.

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