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Attorney General Marshall Coleman says that under state law voters cannot force a municipal government to call a referendum on legislation limiting real estate taxes.
In an opinion to Delegate Vance Wilkins Jr. of Amherst, Coleman said that voters cannot initiate a referendum on the question of amending a city or town charter to limit real estate taxes without the approval of the governing body.
The question was asked whether voters in Lynchburg could initiate such a referendum in a grass roots tax reform movement with implications similar to California's Proposition 13.
According to the Attorney General, the only time voters can force a city council to call a referendum is when the
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