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Such encouragement may, without limitations as to other permissible activities, include the expenditure of city funds to promote such activities and to bring notice to the public of entertainments at such public facilities, engaging persons to bring entertainments thereto from which the city may derive income, and the payment of funds to such persons in advance or out of proceeds derived therefrom for payment therewith; and may include entering into agreements with such other persons guaranteeing minimum sums to be payable to such persons for future performances provided that at no time shall the aggregate amount of all outstanding guarantees be more than such sums as may be fixed by the governing body of such city. Notwithstanding any provision of any city charter, the council of any such city may appropriate funds to a special or revolving account in order to engage, advertise and promote any such entertainment and to operate any of the foregoing facilities, and when such fund is created such person or persons as may be designated by ordinance of such governing body, after providing fidelity bond with corporate surety payable to the city in a penalty not less than the authorized amount of such special or revolving fund, may sign checks against said fund and expend cash therefrom for any of the foregoing purposes.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219726,"text":"Any city having a population of more than 75,000 and owning a city auditorium, civic center, coliseum, convention hall, stadium, theater, exhibition hall or combination thereof or other place of public assembly, may, in order to further the best interest of the public and lead to greater use of any such facilities, do all things necessary and proper to encourage the use thereof by arranging or engaging shows, plays, exhibitions, performances and all other entertainments of whatsoever nature, except motion pictures produced expressly for commercial exhibition, exclusively of a motion picture shown as a part of and related to a live program or a show, or a motion picture which has been generally removed from commercial exhibition in motion picture theaters, or a motion picture which is not shown or exhibited in such place more than twice and then only on one day, and exclusive of travelogues, educational or trade show films which are exhibited by educational, civic, trade, or religious organizations, to view which no admission fee is charged or the net proceeds of any admission fee charged are fully utilized for educational, religious or charitable purposes. Such encouragement may, without limitations as to other permissible activities, include the expenditure of city funds to promote such activities and to bring notice to the public of entertainments at such public facilities, engaging persons to bring entertainments thereto from which the city may derive income, and the payment of funds to such persons in advance or out of proceeds derived therefrom for payment therewith; and may include entering into agreements with such other persons guaranteeing minimum sums to be payable to such persons for future performances provided that at no time shall the aggregate amount of all outstanding guarantees be more than such sums as may be fixed by the governing body of such city. Notwithstanding any provision of any city charter, the council of any such city may appropriate funds to a special or revolving account in order to engage, advertise and promote any such entertainment and to operate any of the foregoing facilities, and when such fund is created such person or persons as may be designated by ordinance of such governing body, after providing fidelity bond with corporate surety payable to the city in a penalty not less than the authorized amount of such special or revolving fund, may sign checks against said fund and expend cash therefrom for any of the foregoing purposes.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14098,"edition_id":1,"name":"Additional Powers of Cities and Towns","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12911,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:52","permalink":{"id":152495,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14098,"identifier":"2","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2","url":"\/15.2\/II\/11\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12911,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Cities and Towns","identifier":"11","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12733,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:00","permalink":{"id":152371,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12911,"identifier":"11","token":"15.2\/II\/11","url":"\/15.2\/II\/11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12733,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":152369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12733,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":83910,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1127","catch_line":"Vacant building registration; civil penalty","url":"\/15.2-1127\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1127","metadata":false},{"id":63973,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1128","catch_line":"City of Norfolk authorized to exchange information regarding criminal history","url":"\/15.2-1128\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1128","metadata":false},{"id":60026,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1129","catch_line":"Encouragement of use of city facilities in certain cities","url":"\/15.2-1129\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129","metadata":false},{"id":58232,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1129.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/15.2-1129.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129.1","metadata":false},{"id":63496,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1129.2","catch_line":"Creation of local economic revitalization zones","url":"\/15.2-1129.2\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129.2","metadata":false},{"id":55228,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1130","catch_line":"Liability for failure to provide adequate security or crowd control","url":"\/15.2-1130\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1130","metadata":false},{"id":66427,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1131","catch_line":"Establishment of personnel system for city administrative officials and employees","url":"\/15.2-1131\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1131","metadata":false},{"id":62143,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1132","catch_line":"Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities","url":"\/15.2-1132\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1132","metadata":false},{"id":58065,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1133","catch_line":"Purchase of electric power and energy; duration of contracts; source of payments","url":"\/15.2-1133\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1133","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":63973,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1128","catch_line":"City of Norfolk authorized to exchange information regarding criminal history","url":"\/15.2-1128\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1128","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":58232,"structure_id":14098,"section_number":"15.2-1129.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/15.2-1129.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-1129\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 508 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 505; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60026,"identifier":"15.2-1129","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129","url":"\/15.2-1129\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1129\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1129","dublin_core":{"Title":"Encouragement of use of city facilities in certain cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1129","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any city<\/span> having a population of more than 75,000 and owning a city<\/span> auditorium, civic center, coliseum, convention hall, stadium, theater, exhibition hall or combination thereof or other place of public assembly, may, in order<\/span> to further the best interest of the public and lead to greater use of any such facilities, do all things necessary and proper to encourage the use thereof by arranging or engaging shows, plays, exhibitions, performances and all other entertainments of whatsoever nature, except motion<\/span> pictures produced expressly for commercial exhibition, exclusively of a motion<\/span> picture shown as a part of and related to a live program or a show, or a motion<\/span> picture which has been generally removed from commercial exhibition in motion<\/span> picture theaters, or a motion<\/span> picture which is not shown or exhibited in such place more than twice and then only on one day, and exclusive of travelogues, educational or trade show films which are exhibited by educational, civic, trade, or religious organizations, to view which no admission fee is charged or the net proceeds of any admission fee charged are fully utilized for educational, religious or charitable purposes. Such encouragement may, without limitations as to other permissible activities, include the expenditure of city<\/span> funds to promote such activities and to bring notice to the public of entertainments at such public facilities, engaging persons to bring entertainments thereto from which the city<\/span> may derive income, and the payment of funds to such persons in advance or out of proceeds derived therefrom for payment therewith; and may include entering into agreements with such other persons guaranteeing minimum sums to be payable to such persons for future performances provided that at no time shall the aggregate amount of all outstanding guarantees be more than such sums as may be fixed by the governing body<\/span> of such city<\/span>. Notwithstanding any provision of any city<\/span> charter, the council<\/span> of any such city<\/span> may appropriate funds to a special or revolving account in order<\/span> to engage, advertise and promote any such entertainment and to operate any of the foregoing facilities, and when such fund is created such person or persons as may be designated by ordinance<\/span> of such governing body<\/span>, after providing fidelity bond<\/span> with corporate surety<\/span> payable to the city<\/span> in a penalty<\/span> not less than the authorized amount of such special or revolving fund, may sign checks against said fund and expend cash therefrom for any of the foregoing purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENCOURAGEMENT OF USE OF CITY FACILITIES IN CERTAIN CITIES (\u00a7 15.2-1129)\n\nAny city having a population of more than 75,000 and owning a city auditorium,\ncivic center, coliseum, convention hall, stadium, theater, exhibition hall or\ncombination thereof or other place of public assembly, may, in order to further\nthe best interest of the public and lead to greater use of any such facilities,\ndo all things necessary and proper to encourage the use thereof by arranging or\nengaging shows, plays, exhibitions, performances and all other entertainments of\nwhatsoever nature, except motion pictures produced expressly for commercial\nexhibition, exclusively of a motion picture shown as a part of and related to a\nlive program or a show, or a motion picture which has been generally removed\nfrom commercial exhibition in motion picture theaters, or a motion picture which\nis not shown or exhibited in such place more than twice and then only on one\nday, and exclusive of travelogues, educational or trade show films which are\nexhibited by educational, civic, trade, or religious organizations, to view\nwhich no admission fee is charged or the net proceeds of any admission fee\ncharged are fully utilized for educational, religious or charitable purposes.\nSuch encouragement may, without limitations as to other permissible activities,\ninclude the expenditure of city funds to promote such activities and to bring\nnotice to the public of entertainments at such public facilities, engaging\npersons to bring entertainments thereto from which the city may derive income,\nand the payment of funds to such persons in advance or out of proceeds derived\ntherefrom for payment therewith; and may include entering into agreements with\nsuch other persons guaranteeing minimum sums to be payable to such persons for\nfuture performances provided that at no time shall the aggregate amount of all\noutstanding guarantees be more than such sums as may be fixed by the governing\nbody of such city. Notwithstanding any provision of any city charter, the\ncouncil of any such city may appropriate funds to a special or revolving account\nin order to engage, advertise and promote any such entertainment and to operate\nany of the foregoing facilities, and when such fund is created such person or\npersons as may be designated by ordinance of such governing body, after\nproviding fidelity bond with corporate surety payable to the city in a penalty\nnot less than the authorized amount of such special or revolving fund, may sign\nchecks against said fund and expend cash therefrom for any of the foregoing\npurposes.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 508, \u00a7 15.1-37.2; 1970, c. 505; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}