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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347484,"section_number":"15.2-1636.14","catch_line":"Proportion borne by Commonwealth and by localities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.14\/"},{"id":347497,"section_number":"15.2-1636.7","catch_line":"Filing requests for salaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1636.7\/"},{"id":348372,"section_number":"15.2-401","catch_line":"Adoption of county board form","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-401\/"},{"id":348542,"section_number":"15.2-501","catch_line":"Adoption of county executive form","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-501\/"},{"id":348949,"section_number":"15.2-601","catch_line":"Adoption of county manager form","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-601\/"},{"id":348972,"section_number":"15.2-603","catch_line":"Referendum on election of supervisors by districts or at large","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-603\/"},{"id":349146,"section_number":"15.2-701","catch_line":"Adoption of county manager plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-701\/"},{"id":349281,"section_number":"15.2-801","catch_line":"Adoption of urban county executive form","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-801\/"},{"id":356023,"section_number":"24.2-686","catch_line":"Special elections; petition and referendum requirements; abolition of constitutional office by change in form of government","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-686\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":348166,"section_number":"15.2-301","catch_line":"Petition or resolution asking for referendum; notice; conduct of election","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-301\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1378391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348160,"identifier":"15.2-300","token":"15.2\/I\/3\/15.2-300","url":"\/15.2-300\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-300\/","token":"15.2\/I\/3\/15.2-300","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adoption of optional forms of county government; inconsistent provisions of law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-300","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any county<\/span> may adopt an optional form of county<\/span> government in accordance with the referendum<\/span> provisions of § 15.2-301<\/a>, subject to the limitations specified in Chapters 3 through 8 of this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Other provisions of law<\/span> in conflict with Chapters 3 through 8 of this title shall not apply to a county<\/span> which has adopted an applicable form of county<\/span> government pursuant to this chapter, unless such provision expressly provides otherwise. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTION OF OPTIONAL FORMS OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT; INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW\n(\u00a7 15.2-300)\n\nA. Any county may adopt an optional form of county government in accordance with\nthe referendum provisions of § 15.2-301, subject to the limitations\nspecified in Chapters 3 through 8 of this title.\n\nB. Other provisions of law in conflict with Chapters 3 through 8 of this title\nshall not apply to a county which has adopted an applicable form of county\ngovernment pursuant to this chapter, unless such provision expressly provides\notherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}