The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under this chapter, directthe attorneys for the parties to appear before it, or in its discretionbefore a single judge, for a conference to consider:
1. Simplification of the issues;
2. Amendment of pleadings and filing of additional pleadings;
3. Stipulations as to facts, documents, records, photographs, plans and likematters, which will dispense with formal proof thereof, including:
a. Assessed values, if appropriate, and the ratio of assessed values to truevalues, as determined by the State Department of Taxation, in the countyseeking to become a city, including real property, personal property,machinery and tools, merchants' capital and public service corporationassessment for each year of the five years immediately preceding;
b. School population and school enrollment in the county, as shown by therecords in the office of the division superintendent of schools; and the costof education per pupil in average daily membership as shown by the lastpreceding report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction;
c. Population of the county and its population density;
4. The method of taking any population census requested by the petitioner;
5. Limitation on the number of expert witnesses; each expert witness who willtestify shall file a statement of his qualifications;
6. Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the case.
The court, or the judge, as the case may be, shall make an appropriate orderwhich will control the subsequent conduct of the case unless modified beforeor during the trial or hearing to prevent manifest injustice.
(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.8; 1997, c. 587; 2010, cc. 386, 629.)
The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under this chapter, directthe attorneys for the parties to appear before it, or in its discretionbefore a single judge, for a conference to consider:
1. Simplification of the issues;
2. Amendment of pleadings and filing of additional pleadings;
3. Stipulations as to facts, documents, records, photographs, plans and likematters, which will dispense with formal proof thereof, including:
a. Assessed values, if appropriate, and the ratio of assessed values to truevalues, as determined by the State Department of Taxation, in the countyseeking to become a city, including real property, personal property,machinery and tools, merchants' capital and public service corporationassessment for each year of the five years immediately preceding;
b. School population and school enrollment in the county, as shown by therecords in the office of the division superintendent of schools; and the costof education per pupil in average daily membership as shown by the lastpreceding report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction;
c. Population of the county and its population density;
4. The method of taking any population census requested by the petitioner;
5. Limitation on the number of expert witnesses; each expert witness who willtestify shall file a statement of his qualifications;
6. Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the case.
The court, or the judge, as the case may be, shall make an appropriate orderwhich will control the subsequent conduct of the case unless modified beforeor during the trial or hearing to prevent manifest injustice.
(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.8; 1997, c. 587; 2010, cc. 386, 629.)
The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under this chapter, directthe attorneys for the parties to appear before it, or in its discretionbefore a single judge, for a conference to consider:
1. Simplification of the issues;
2. Amendment of pleadings and filing of additional pleadings;
3. Stipulations as to facts, documents, records, photographs, plans and likematters, which will dispense with formal proof thereof, including:
a. Assessed values, if appropriate, and the ratio of assessed values to truevalues, as determined by the State Department of Taxation, in the countyseeking to become a city, including real property, personal property,machinery and tools, merchants' capital and public service corporationassessment for each year of the five years immediately preceding;
b. School population and school enrollment in the county, as shown by therecords in the office of the division superintendent of schools; and the costof education per pupil in average daily membership as shown by the lastpreceding report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction;
c. Population of the county and its population density;
4. The method of taking any population census requested by the petitioner;
5. Limitation on the number of expert witnesses; each expert witness who willtestify shall file a statement of his qualifications;
6. Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the case.
The court, or the judge, as the case may be, shall make an appropriate orderwhich will control the subsequent conduct of the case unless modified beforeor during the trial or hearing to prevent manifest injustice.
(1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.8; 1997, c. 587; 2010, cc. 386, 629.)
