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Bonds may be issued under this chapter for any permitted purpose notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the issuance of bonds for like purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions or other provisions contained in any other law. Bonds may be issued under this chapter notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any other law. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1958, chapter 640; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1991, chapter 668; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62886,"identifier":"15.2-2661","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/7\/15.2-2661","url":"\/15.2-2661\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2661\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/7\/15.2-2661","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provisions of chapter controlling; powers conferred are additional","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2661","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any law<\/span>, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. The powers conferred by this chapter are in addition to the powers conferred by any other law<\/span>. Bonds<\/span><\/span> may be issued under this chapter for any permitted purpose notwithstanding that any other law<\/span> may provide for the issuance of bonds<\/span><\/span> for like purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions or other provisions contained in any other law<\/span>. Bonds<\/span><\/span> may be issued under this chapter notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any other law<\/span>. The mode and method of procedure for the issuance of bonds<\/span><\/span> under this chapter need not conform to the provisions of any other law<\/span>.\n\t\tBonds<\/span><\/span> may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any commission, board, bureau or agency of the Commonwealth, and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or thing except those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this chapter.\n\t\tNotwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, any referendum<\/span> requirement for the issuance of bonds<\/span><\/span> or debt limitation contained in any charter or local or special act shall control over the provisions of this chapter after July 1, 1992.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISIONS OF CHAPTER CONTROLLING; POWERS CONFERRED ARE ADDITIONAL (\u00a7\n15.2-2661)\n\nInsofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions\nof any law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling. The powers\nconferred by this chapter are in addition to the powers conferred by any other\nlaw. Bonds may be issued under this chapter for any permitted purpose\nnotwithstanding that any other law may provide for the issuance of bonds for\nlike purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions or other\nprovisions contained in any other law. Bonds may be issued under this chapter\nnotwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any other law. The\nmode and method of procedure for the issuance of bonds under this chapter need\nnot conform to the provisions of any other law.\n\t\tBonds may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the\nconsent of any commission, board, bureau or agency of the Commonwealth, and\nwithout any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or thing\nexcept those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required\nby this chapter.\n\t\tNotwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, any referendum\nrequirement for the issuance of bonds or debt limitation contained in any\ncharter or local or special act shall control over the provisions of this\nchapter after July 1, 1992.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-666.68; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-227; 1991,\nc. 668, \u00a7 15.1-227.63; 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}}