reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
VA Code § 15.2-5155 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act|§ 15.2-5155. Ordinance or resolution creating authority

A. Any locality authorized to consider petitions under this article may, by ordinance or resolution not inconsistent with the petition proposing the creation of the authority, create a community development authority, a public body politic and corporate and political subdivision of the Commonwealth. Community development authorities proposed for districts that are within any two or more localities may be formed by concurrent ordinances of each locality, and such localities may contract with one another for administration of the authority. If the boundaries of the proposed community development authority district are located wholly in a town, the owner or owners shall petition the town and need not petition the county and the town may create the authority without action by the county. If the petition for the creation of a community development authority so provides, the ordinance or resolution creating the community development authority may provide for the locality at any time after the creation of the community development authority to adjust the boundaries of the community development authority district to exclude certain land as long as the owners of at least 51 percent of the land area or assessed value of land remaining in the community development authority district after the adjustment petitioned for the creation of the community development authority.B. An ordinance or resolution creating a community development authority shall not permit the community development authority to provide services which are provided by, or are obligated to be provided by, any authority already in existence whose charter requires or permits service within the proposed community development district, unless the existing authority first certifies to the governing body that the services provided by the proposed community development authority will not have a negative impact upon the existing authority's operational or financial condition. Such certification shall not be unreasonably withheld by the existing authority.Code 1950, § 15-764.3; 1950, p. 1315; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1241; 1972, c. 370; 1973, c. 478; 1993, c. 850; 1995, c. 402; 1996, c. 897; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 712; 2009, c. 473.
VA Code § 15.2-5156 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act|§ 15.2-5156. Hearing; notice

A. An ordinance or resolution creating a community development authority shall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held by the governing body on the question of its adoption or approval. Notice of the public hearing shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the locality. The petitioning landowners shall bear the expense of publishing the notice. The hearing shall not be held sooner than ten days after completion of publication of the notice.B. After the public hearing and before adoption of the ordinance or resolution, the local governing body shall mail a true copy of its proposed ordinance or resolution creating the development authority to the petitioning landowners or their attorney in fact. Unless waived in writing, any petitioning landowner shall have thirty days from mailing of the proposed ordinance or resolution in which to withdraw his signature from the petition in writing prior to the vote of the local governing body on such ordinance or resolution. If any signatures on the petition are so withdrawn, the local governing body may pass the proposed ordinance or resolution only upon certification by the petitioners that the petition continues to meet the requirements of § 15.2-5152. If all petitioning landowners waive the right to withdraw their signatures from the petition, the local governing body may adopt the ordinance or resolution upon compliance with the provisions of subsection A and any other applicable provisions of law.Code 1950, § 15-764.3; 1950, p. 1315; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1241; 1972, c. 370; 1973, c. 478; 1993, c. 850; 1995, c. 402; 1996, c. 897; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 188.
VA Code § 15.2-5157 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act|§ 15.2-5157. Recording in land records

The local governing body, upon approving the resolution or ordinance creating the district, shall direct that a copy of the resolution or ordinance be recorded in the land records of the circuit court for the locality in which the district is located for each parcel included in the district and be noted on the land books of the locality. For the purposes of this section, "parcel" is defined as tax map parcel.Code 1950, § 15-764.3; 1950, p. 1315; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1241; 1972, c. 370; 1973, c. 478; 1993, c. 850; 1995, c. 402; 1996, c. 897; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5159 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 51 - Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act|§ 15.2-5159. Validation of creation of authorities; bonds issued

All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the creation of a community development authority by any locality pursuant to this chapter are hereby presumed to be valid and all such authorities are presumed to be legally created. All proceedings heretofore taken by any community development authority with respect to the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, delivery, and repayment of bonds by any community development authority are presumed to be valid, and any such bonds so issued are presumed valid and legal obligations of such community development authority, enforceable in accordance with law.2009, c. 473.
VA Code § 15.2-5200 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5200. Creation of commission

In each locality, and in each group of two or more of such political subdivisions whose governing bodies declare by resolution that the locality needs a hospital or health center, a hospital or health center commission shall be created as a public body corporate, with such public and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter. Such commission shall not transact any business or exercise its powers until the governing body of the subdivision, or the governing bodies of the subdivisions, declares the need for the hospital or health center commission to function therein.Code 1950, § 32-276; 1950, p. 243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1514; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5201 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5201. Definitions

As used in this chapter:"Bond" includes any interest-bearing obligation, including promissory notes."Hospital or health center" means any and all medical facilities and approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. Medical facilities shall include any and all facilities suitable for providing hospital and medical care, including any and all structures, buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in lands, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishing, landscaping, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto (including, without limitation, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, continuing care facilities, self-care facilities, medical office facilities, clinics, out-patient surgical centers, alcohol, substance abuse and drug treatment centers, laboratories, research facilities, sanitariums, hospices, facilities for the residence or care of the elderly, the handicapped or the chronically ill, residential facilities for nurses, interns, and physicians and any other kind of facility for the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, or palliation of any human illness, injury, disorder, or disability), together with all related and supporting facilities and equipment necessary and desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto, or equipment alone, including, without limitation, kitchen, laundry, laboratory, pharmaceutical, administrative, communications, computer and recreational facilities and equipment, storage space, mobile medical facilities, vehicles and other equipment necessary or desirable for the transportation of medical equipment or the transportation of patients.Code 1950, § 32-276.1; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1515; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 468; 2006, c. 658.
VA Code § 15.2-5202 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5202. When governing bodies may declare need for commission

Governing bodies may adopt resolutions declaring the need for hospital or health center commissions in political subdivisions, if they find that the public health and welfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in such subdivisions and surrounding areas require the acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of a hospital or health center.Code 1950, § 32-277; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1516; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658.
VA Code § 15.2-5203 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5203. Effect of adoption of resolution

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the hospital or health center commission, such commission shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a body politic and corporate, and to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of each locality for which the commission is created declaring the need for such commission, and, if more than one political subdivision is involved, that it unites with the other political subdivisions in declaring such needs. A copy of the resolution, certified by the clerk of the locality by which it is adopted, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.Code 1950, § 32-278; 1950, p. 243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1517; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5204 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5204. Members of commission; quorum; compensation; expenses; removal and vacancies

A. A hospital or health center commission shall consist of the following number of members based upon the number of political subdivisions participating: for one political subdivision, five members; for two, six members; for three, six members; for four, eight members; and for more than four, one member for each of the participating subdivisions. The respective members shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the subdivisions they represent, may be members of such governing bodies, may be residents of such subdivisions, and shall be appointed for such terms as the appointing body designates. A member shall hold office until the earlier of the effective date of his resignation or the date on which his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The powers of the commission conferred by this chapter shall be vested in and exercised by the members in office. A majority of the members then in office shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall elect its own chairman and shall adopt rules and regulations for its own procedure and government. The commission members may receive up to $50 for attendance at each commission meeting, not to exceed $1,200 per year, and shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Any commission member may be removed at any time by the governing body appointing him, and vacancies on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired terms.B. In Chesterfield County, the number of commission members shall be seven and their terms may be staggered as the appointing body designates. Such members shall not be removable at any time by the County's governing body except for malfeasance or at the end of the member's term.Code 1950, § 32-279; 1978, c. 83, § 15.1-1518; 1979, c. 719; 1980, c. 86; 1993, c. 266; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658; 2007, cc. 472, 813; 2014, c. 735.
VA Code § 15.2-5206 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5206. Appropriations to commission

Any political subdivision for which the commission is created is authorized to make appropriations to the commission from available funds, or from funds provided for the purpose by bond issues, for the acquisition of land or improvements to land, and/or the construction, improvement, maintenance and operation of any hospital or health center operated or controlled or proposed to be operated or controlled by the commission. The political subdivision may also transfer to the commission, with or without consideration, real or personal property for any or all of such purposes.Code 1950, § 32-281; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1520; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5207 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5207. Issuance of bonds by political subdivisions and validation thereof

Any political subdivision for which the commission is created may issue its general obligation bonds in the manner provided in the Public Finance Act (§ 15.2-2600 et seq.) in furtherance of the establishment, construction and enlargement of a hospital or health center. All such bonds issued prior to June 1, 1975, for such purposes by any political subdivision are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and all proceedings taken prior to such date to authorize the issuance of bonds for such purposes by any political subdivision are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and all such bonds may be issued pursuant to the Public Finance Act.Code 1950, § 32-281.1; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1521; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5208 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5208. Issuance and sale of bonds

Any bonds issued by a hospital or health center commission may be issued in one or more series, shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the commission by resolution may prescribe. Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the commission determines.Code 1950, § 32-282; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1522; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5209 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5209. Provisions to secure payment of bonds

Any commission resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, (i) pledging any or all revenues of the hospital or health center to secure the payment of the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund to retire the principal thereof at maturity; (ii) providing for the granting of a lien on, or the creation of a security interest in, any property, real or personal, of the commission as security for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, such bonds and the due and punctual performance of any agreements made in connection therewith; (iii) providing for such schedule of fees and charges as will produce funds sufficient to pay operating costs and debt service until such bonds are retired; and (iv) prescribing the rights, obligations, powers and duties of the commission, the trustee under any trust indenture under which the bonds are issued, and the bondholders, in connection with or pertaining to such bonds.Code 1950, § 32-283; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1523; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5210 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5210. Bonds made legal investments

Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this Commonwealth and all political subdivisions thereof, all insurance companies and associations, and all savings banks and savings institutions, including savings and loan associations, in the Commonwealth may properly and legally invest funds in their control.Code 1950, § 32-284; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1524; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5211 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5211. Bonds payable from revenues of hospital or health centers

Any bonds issued under this chapter shall be payable only from the revenues and receipts of the hospital or health center for the acquisition, establishment or construction of which the bonds were issued and from any property the commission has made subject to a lien to secure such bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the commission shall not be a debt of any locality or of the Commonwealth, and neither the commission members nor any person executing the bonds or other obligations shall be liable personally thereon by reason of the issuance thereof.Code 1950, § 32-285; 1950, p. 244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1525; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5212 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5212. Property of commission exempt from foreclosure or execution sale and judgment lien

No interest of the commission in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, trust indenture, or any other instrument, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in the instrument. All commission property shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or judicial process shall issue against the commission. No judgment against the commission shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal.Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the owner of a leasehold interest granted by the commission from granting a lien or other security interest in his leasehold which would be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in any instrument creating the lien or other security interest. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the commission from granting a lien on, or creating a security interest in, commission property, real or personal, to secure any bonds issued under this chapter, any of which property will be subject to sale or foreclosure as provided in the instrument granting such lien or creating such security interest.Code 1950, § 32-286; 1975, c. 295, § 15.1-1526; 1979, c. 719; 1994, c. 759; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5213 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5213. Receiver

The commission may, by its trust indenture given to secure bond issues or other obligations, provide for the appointment of a receiver of the hospital or health center or that part thereof acquired or constructed from funds received from a sale of bonds secured by the pledge of its revenues. If a receiver is appointed, he may enter, take possession of, operate and maintain such hospital or health center or part thereof; collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues or other charges arising therefrom in the same manner as the commission might do; keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts; and apply the moneys in accordance with the obligations of the commission as the court directs.Code 1950, § 32-287; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1527; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5214 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5214. Eminent domain

The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property, including fixtures and improvements, which it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter after it adopts a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of any applicable statutory provisions now in force or hereafter enacted for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any locality.Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; however, no property belonging to any locality, government, religious corporation, unincorporated church or charitable corporation may be acquired without its consent.Code 1950, § 32-288; 1950, p. 244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1528; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 928; 2006, c. 673.
VA Code § 15.2-5215 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5215. Records and reports

The commission shall keep and preserve complete records of its operations and transactions, which records shall be open to inspection by the participating subdivisions at all times. It shall make reports to such subdivisions annually and at such other times as they may require.Code 1950, § 32-289; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1529; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5216 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5216. When court may enter order declaring need for commission no longer exists

Whenever it appears to commission members that the need, as stated in § 15.2-5202, for such commission no longer exists, the members may, after ten days' notice to the governing body of the locality establishing a commission pursuant to §§ 15.2-5200 and 15.2-5202, file a petition with the circuit court for such political subdivision or for any of such political subdivisions. Upon the production of satisfactory evidence in support of the petition, the court may, in its discretion, enter an order declaring that the need for such commission in the locality or combination thereof no longer exists and approving a plan for completing the business of the commission, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its assets.Code 1950, § 32-290.1; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1530; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5217 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5217. Finality of order; effect

If the court enters an order as provided in § 15.2-5216 that the need for the commission no longer exists, such order shall be final and, except for completing its affairs in accordance with the plan approved by the court, its authorities, powers and duties to transact business or to function shall cease to exist as of the date set forth in the court order.Code 1950, § 32-290.2; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1531; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-5218 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions|§ 15.2-5218. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeal from order; supersedeas

Any party aggrieved by such order may apply for an appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia and a supersedeas may be granted in the same manner as is now or hereafter shall be provided by law and the rules of court applicable to civil cases.Code 1950, § 32-290.3; 1970, c. 150, § 15.1-1532; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.