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embraced within a <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> either heretofore or hereafter created by or pursuant to any special act of the General Assembly may, by resolution adopted by its <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> and filed with the commission within six months after the creation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>, give notice of its intention to consider withdrawing from the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>. If such notice be given in the manner aforesaid then no election on the question of the issuance of <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> of the commission shall be held until at least one year after the creation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF INTENTION TO WITHDRAW (\u00a7 21-203)\n\nAny county or city in whole or in part embraced within a district either\nheretofore or hereafter created by or pursuant to any special act of the General\nAssembly may, by resolution adopted by its governing body and filed with the\ncommission within six months after the creation of the district, give notice of\nits intention to consider withdrawing from the district. If such notice be given\nin the manner aforesaid then no election on the question of the issuance of\nbonds of the commission shall be held until at least one year after the creation\nof the district.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 620; 1942, p. 602; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 1560kk1.","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"}}