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Virginia Constitution, Article VII

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Article VII, Local Government

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All articles125 Art. I19 Art. II9 Art. III1 Art. IV18 Art. V17 Art. VI12 Art. VII10 Art. VIII11 Art. IX7 Art. X12 Art. XI4 Art. XII5

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Va. Const. art. VII, § 1 Definitions
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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…
Va. Const. art. VII, § 2 Organization and government
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The General Assembly shall provide by general law for the organization, government, powers, change of boundaries, consolidation, and dissolution of counties, cities, towns, and regional governments. The General Assembly may also provide by general law optional plans of government…
Va. Const. art. VII, § 3 Powers
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The General Assembly may provide by general law or special act that any county, city, town, or other unit of government may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof jointly or in cooperation with the Commonwealth or a…
Va. Const. art. VII, § 4 County and city officers. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county and city a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney for the Commonwealth, a clerk, who shall be clerk of the court in the office of which deeds are recorded, and a commissioner of revenue

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The duties and compensation of such officers shall be prescribed by general law or special act. Regular elections for such officers shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Such officers shall take office on the first day of the following January unless otherw…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 5 County, city, and town governing bodies

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The governing body of each county, city, or town shall be elected by the qualified voters of such county, city, or town in the manner provided by law. If the members are elected by district, the district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so consti…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 6 Multiple offices. Unless two or more units exercise functions jointly as authorized in Sections 3 and 4, no person shall at the same time hold more than one office mentioned in this article

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No member of a governing body shall be eligible, during the term of office for which he was elected or appointed, to hold any office filled by the governing body by election or appointment, except that a member of a governing body may be named a member of such other boards, commi…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 7 Procedures

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No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars, imposing taxes, or authorizing the borrowing of money shall be passed except by a recorded affirmative vote of a majority of all members elected to the governing body. In case of the veto of…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 8 Consent to use public property

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No street railway, gas, water, steam or electric heating, electric light or power, cold storage, compressed air, viaduct, conduit, telephone, or bridge company, nor any corporation, association, person, or partnership engaged in these or like enterprises shall be permitted to use…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 9 Sale of property and granting of franchises by cities and towns

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No rights of a city or town in and to its waterfront, wharf property, public landings, wharves, docks, streets, avenues, parks, bridges, or other public places, or its gas, water, or electric works shall be sold except by an ordinance or resolution passed by a recorded affirmativ…

Va. Const. art. VII, § 10 Section 10

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Debt. The amendment ratified November 4, 1980 and effective January 1, 1981—In subsection (a), substituted "ten per centum" for "eighteen per centum."