{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-4618.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-4618.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-4618.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-4618.html"}],"law_id":82005,"edition_id":1,"section_id":82005,"structure_id":16813,"section_number":"15.2-4618","catch_line":"Validation of districts","history":"1997, c. 587.","full_text":"All proceedings held in the creation of a district pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4603 prior to March 1, 1988, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4600 et seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly created, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation of such a district or in the selection or appointment of the commission or the advisory board of such a district.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":293860,"text":"All proceedings held in the creation of a district pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4603 prior to March 1, 1988, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4600 et seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly created, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation of such a district or in the selection or appointment of the commission or the advisory board of such a district.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16813,"edition_id":1,"name":"Construction of Chapter","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13376,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:46:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:46:37","permalink":{"id":158173,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16813,"identifier":"3","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13376,"edition_id":1,"name":"Multicounty Transportation Improvement Districts","identifier":"46","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12721,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:44","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:44","permalink":{"id":158099,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13376,"identifier":"46","token":"15.2\/IV\/46","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/46\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12721,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":157897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12721,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","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":80652,"structure_id":16813,"section_number":"15.2-4617","catch_line":"Chapter to constitute complete district for acts authorized; liberal construction","url":"\/15.2-4617\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/15.2-4617","metadata":false},{"id":82005,"structure_id":16813,"section_number":"15.2-4618","catch_line":"Validation of districts","url":"\/15.2-4618\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/15.2-4618","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":80652,"structure_id":16813,"section_number":"15.2-4617","catch_line":"Chapter to constitute complete district for acts authorized; liberal construction","url":"\/15.2-4617\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/15.2-4617","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-4618\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55901,"section_number":"15.2-4600","catch_line":"Short title; application","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4600\/"},{"id":74279,"section_number":"15.2-4603","catch_line":"Creation of district; extension of term of district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82005,"identifier":"15.2-4618","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/15.2-4618","url":"\/15.2-4618\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4618\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/3\/15.2-4618","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validation of districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4618","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All proceedings held in the creation of a district<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4603<\/a> prior to March 1, 1988, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and all such districts<\/span> so created or attempted to be created pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4600<\/a> et seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly created, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation of such a district<\/span> or in the selection or appointment of the commission<\/span> or the advisory board<\/span> of such a district<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDATION OF DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-4618)\n\nAll proceedings held in the creation of a district pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4603\nprior to March 1, 1988, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and all\nsuch districts so created or attempted to be created pursuant to the provisions\nof Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4600 et seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly\ncreated, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation of such a\ndistrict or in the selection or appointment of the commission or the advisory\nboard of such a district.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}