A Guide to the Annexation Case Files of the Commission on Local Government, 1960-2005.
Virginia.32000, 32802, 32990, 33034, 33418, 33427, 34089, 34583, 34594, 35016, 35484, 36341, 37185, 37869, 40361, 41769
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 32000, 32802, 32990, 33034, 33418, 33427, 34089, 34583, 34594, 35016, 35484, 36341, 37185, 37869, 40361, 41769
Library of Virginia
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Annexation case files of the Virginia Commission on Local Government [cite specific date and Accession number used], State
records collection, The Library of Virginia, Archives Branch, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
Accession 32000 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 23, 1984.
Accession 32802 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, August 15, 1986.
Accession 32990 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, June 24, 1987.
Accession 34034 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, December 10, 1987.
Accession 33418 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 23, 1989.
Accession 33427 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, April 4, 1989.
Accession 34089 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 20, 1992.
Accession 34583 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, January 12, 1994.
Accession 34594 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, March 7, 1994.
Accession 35016 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 13, 1995.
Accession 35484 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, August 29, 1997.
Accession 36341 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 17, 1999.
Accession 37185 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, January 18, 2000.
Accession 37869 was transferred by the Virginia Commission On Local Government, January 5, 2001.
Accession 40361 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, February 27, 2003.
Accession 41769 was transferred by the Virginia Commission on Local Government, March 7, 2005.
Processing Information
This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container
list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.
The Commission on Local Government was created February 28, 1979, by an act of the General Assembly, and formally began operation
in January, 1980. It was created at the urging of a joint Virginia Municipal League-Virginia Association of Counties task
force studying annexation and boundary change laws. The Commission originally was placed under the Secretary of Commerce and
Resources, and on June 7, 1983 under the Secretary of Administration and Finance. Effective July 1, 1984, the secretariats
divided, and the Commission was placed under the authority of the Secretary of Administration.
The Commission's major activities include assisting in the mediation and negotiated settlement of local boundary change and
governmental transition issues; reviewing proposed annexations, petitions for partial county immunity from annexation, voluntary
boundary adjustments, town incorporations, town or county transitions city transitions to town status, and interlocal agreements
relative to such issues, and rendering findings of fact and recommendations to the affected local governments and to the courts;
assisting local governmental issues, upon request, in the investigation and analysis of other local governmental issues; developing
fiscal impact statements for submission to the General Assembly on all legislation introduced which may require one or more
local governments to establish a new or expand an existing public service (State and Federal mandates); undertaking comparative
analysis of local fiscal conditions; providing a liaison service between the state and its localities relative to annexation
issues.
The Commission consists of five members who are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the General Assembly for five-year
terms, with the term of one member expiring each year, subject to reappointment. Reports on annexation actions, settlement
agreements, and agreements defining annexation rights are published as developed, and fiscal issues are addressed in "Comparative
Revenue Capacity, Revenue Effort, and Fiscal Stress of Virginia's Counties and Cities, 1985/86 and 1986/87," prepared for
the General Assembly.
he staff of the Commission provides assistance to the Local Government Advisory Council. This body, which was established
by statute in 1978, serves as a forum for the discussion of state-local issues and other governmental concerns in the commonwealth.
The chairman of the Council is the governor, other members are the lieutenant governor, executive directors of the Virginia
Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties, and 22 members of local governing bodies throughout Virginia representing
each of Virginia's 22 planning districts. In 1990, the Local Government Advisory Council was reorganized and was renamed the
Virginia Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The reorganization of this body included a reduction in size,
reconfigured to include six legislators, a private citizen, and a member of a regional planning district. Other changes included
the method of appointment, schedule of elections, and the number of meetings required. Pursuant to Chapter 55, 2004 Virginia
Acts of Assembly, the Virginia Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations was abolished effective July 1, 2004.
The Commission on Local Government was abolished as a separate agency by an act of the General Assembly in 2003, and on June
16, 2003, the Commission on Local Government was placed within the Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
The case files contain exhibit material submitted by the parties involved in the annexation and boundary change proceedings
and copies of other materials and data requested by the Commission. Included are copies of documents relating to local government
operations (budgets, financial statements, ordinances, regulations), agreements, depositions, petitions, plans (comprehensive,
feasibility, etc.), reports, tapes and transcripts of public and Commission hearings, maps, photographs, census data, and
incoming correspondence and memoranda. A bibliography of exhibits and related material is prepared by Commission staff for
each case. Some of the records in this series pre-date the creation of he Commission on Local Government.