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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 1. Administration
Agency 50. Commission On Local Government
Chapter 20. Organization and Regulations of Procedure
11/21/2024

1VAC50-20-5. Definitions.

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Chair" means the Chair of the Commission on Local Government.

"Commission" means the Commission on Local Government.

"County" means a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Local government" means a county, city, or town in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Locality" means a county, city, or town in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Municipality" means a city or town in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Party" means local governments, voters, or property owners initiating a proposed annexation, voters of any community requesting that their community be incorporated as a town, voters petitioning for the transition of a city to town status, or a committee appointed by the circuit court to act for and in lieu of a local government to perfect a consolidation agreement.

Statutory Authority

§ 15.2-2903 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 26, eff. October 4, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 1, eff. October 18, 2018.

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