Definitions of Local Governments
Amends
Article VII. Local Government
Section 1. Definitions
Summary
This measure fixes in place the cities and towns in Virginia as of July 1, 1971, while defining population minimums for these types of local governments for the future.
Shall the Constitution be amended to include in the definition of “city” any incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971?
- First resolution – HJR83 – 1971
- Second resolution – HJR45 and SJR42- 1972
- Referendum legislation – H705– 1972
Article VII. Local Government
Section 1. Definitions
As used in this Article (1) “county” means any existing county or any such unit hereafter created, (2) “city” means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-one, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law, (3) “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, (4) “regional government” means a unit of general government organized as provided by law within defined boundaries, as determined by the General Assembly, (5) “general law” means a law which on its effective date applies alike to all counties, cities, towns, or regional governments or to a reasonable classification thereof, and (6) “special act” means a law applicable to a county, city, town, or regional government and for enactment shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article7/section1/
