Before any local tax levy shall be increased in any county, city, town, or district, such proposed increase shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality affected at least seven days before the increased levy is made and the citizens of the locality shall be given an opportunity to appear before, and be heard by, the local governing body on the subject of such increase.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 58.1-3007

  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, 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. See Virginia Code 1-254

Code 1950, §§ 58-846.1, 58-851; 1954, c. 465; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 52; 1966, c. 231; 1970, c. 325; 1975, cc. 47, 48, 541; 1976, c. 567; 1979, c. 576; 1981, c. 143; 1984, c. 675.