Section 5. Definitions

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

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

"Commission" means the Commission on Local Government.

"County or counties" means one or more than one county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Local government or local governments" means one or more than one county, city, or town in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Locality or localities" means one or more than one county, city or town in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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

"Party or parties" means a local government or 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.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 22, Issue 26, eff. October 4, 2006.

Statutory Authority

§ 15.2-2903 of the Code of Virginia.