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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348363</law_id><section_number>15.2-3918</section_number><catch_line>Optional status of streets</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="39">Transition of Counties to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">city</span> formed under the provisions of this chapter may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, elect to continue receiving, for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of the granting of a <span class="dictionary">city</span> charter, the full services of the Department of Transportation in the same manner and to the same extent such services were rendered prior to such <span class="dictionary">city</span> being formed. Upon the passage of such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, funds for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets within the areas formerly a <span class="dictionary">county</span> shall continue to be allocated as if such areas were still in a <span class="dictionary">county</span> and the <span class="dictionary">city</span> shall not receive funds for maintenance, construction or reconstruction of streets in those areas during the period the Department of Transportation furnishes such services. In those areas where the Department provides the above services, the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">city</span> shall have control over the streets and highways to the same extent as was formerly vested in the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>. At any time prior to the expiration of the ten-year period, the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> may elect, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, to place its streets, or a portion of them, in the urban system of highways and shall receive funds as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for all cities.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.18:1; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
