CHAPTER 697
An Act to amend and reenact §15.2-3201 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the continuation of the moratorium on annexation by
cities.
[S 312]
Approved April 6, 2014
Be 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,
2008-2010, 2010-2012, and 2012-2014, and 2014-2016 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,
2008-2010, 2010-2012, and 2012-2014, and 2014-2016 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.
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