That's right--I was trying to say that, sorry my clumsy construction gave the
other impression. Only annexation by an independent city takes property off the
county tax rolls. Hence the problem over annexation between VA counties and
cities. The towns of course bring that double taxation aspect into play.
Jim Hershman
Randy Cabell wrote:
> Whoops..... I don't think annexation by a town takes it off the county tax
> rolls. From what I recall digging through the land records, a town resident
> is still taxed on land + buildings at the same rate as county residents, but
> in addition has a town tax on top of it. I know that does not sound
> equitable, but at least the town resident gets to elect a County Supervisor
> and a Town Coucilperson -- i.e. Taxation WITH representation :))
>
> Randy Cabell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Hershman" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Forms of VA local government
>
> > When an Independent City reverts back to the status of an incorporated
> town
> > it gives up the responsibility for maintaining a public school system and
> a
> > court system, which devolves to the county. So if a city that crossed into
> > two counties reverted to incorporated town, it would mean that the
> residents
> > of those areas would be served by the schools and courts of the respective
> > counties. It could get a bit sticky and I suspect that an urban area with
> > population of Richmond would not follow that path. The town usually
> maintains
> > some law enforcement, street care, water and sewer service, building
> codes,
> > etc., while letting the county provide such things as schools, courts and
> > jails, and libraries. The downside is that residents get two tax bills,
> for
> > more services of course, that depending on how elaborate the town services
> > get can become quite burdensome. The upside is that towns can much more
> > readily annex adjunct suburban areas, with their valuable tax base, than
> can
> > independent cities since such annexation takes that area completely off
> the
> > county's tax rolls.
> >
> > Jim Hershman
> >
> > T Greg Evans wrote:
> >
> > > The City of South Boston was the first to revert several years ago, and
> > > in 2001 the City of Clifton Forge reverted. I know Charlottesville
> > > extorts a lot of money from Albemarle by threatening reversion. All of
> > > these are clearly "part" of a specific county. What happens if a city
> > > like Richmond which has territory taken from two counties reverts?
> > >
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