Bill Text: VA HB1676 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Annexation; extension of current moratorium.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422) [HB1676 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB1676-Chaptered.html
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, 2024 2032, 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, 2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020,
2020-2022, and 2022-2024, 2024-2026, 2026-2028, 2028-2030, and
2030-2032 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, 2024 2032, 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, 2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020,
2020-2022, and 2022-2024, 2024-2026, 2026-2028, 2028-2030, and
2030-2032 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.