Virginia § 15.2-2413.3 - Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district

Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 15.2-2413.3 — Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 15.2-2413.3. Petition for a proposed tourism improvement district

Upon the submission to the clerk of a locality of a written petition, signed by the business owners in the proposed tourism improvement district who will pay more than 50 percent of the fees proposed to be charged, a locality may initiate proceedings to form a tourism improvement district. The amount of the fees attributable to a business owned by the same business owner that is in excess of 40 percent of the amount of all fees proposed to be charged shall not be included in determining whether the petition is signed by business owners who will pay more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees proposed to be charged.

Any petition shall include a summary of the tourism improvement district plan. That summary shall include a map showing the boundaries of the tourism improvement district, information specifying where the complete tourism improvement district plan can be obtained, and information specifying that the complete tourism improvement district plan shall be furnished by the signatories of the petition upon request.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.

Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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