HB1511 - Martinsville, City of; amending charter, granting of town status.

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Charter; City of Martinsville; town status; referendum. Amends the charter for the City of Martinsville to require the circuit court for the City of Martinsville, prior to notifying the Supreme Court of the City's adoption of an ordinance and petition for an order granting town status to the City, to first require an election to be held on the following question: "Shall the City of Martinsville become a town?" The bill provides that if a majority of the qualified voters of the City voting on the question are in favor of the transition from city to town status, the special court shall enter the order granting town status in accordance with the procedures, requirements, and provisions of general law.