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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 651 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 1966 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 728<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82693,"section_number":"15.2-1800","catch_line":"Purchase, sale, use, etc., of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1800\/"},{"id":74059,"section_number":"54.1-2100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158413,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80463,"identifier":"15.2-4917","token":"15.2\/IV\/49\/15.2-4917","url":"\/15.2-4917\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4917\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/49\/15.2-4917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Facility sites","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may acquire, pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-1800<\/a>, but not by condemnation, a facility site and may likewise transfer any facility site to an authority<\/span>. Such transfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> without submission of the question to the voters<\/span> and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other general, special or local law<\/span>. Such facility sites may be located within or outside or partially within or outside the locality<\/span> creating the authority<\/span>. If a real estate broker licensed under \u00a7 54.1-2100<\/a> represents a party<\/span> in a transaction through which a facility site is acquired, the locality<\/span> may pay a reasonable brokerage fee to such real estate broker.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFACILITY SITES (\u00a7 15.2-4917)\n\nAny locality may acquire, pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-1800, but not by condemnation, a\nfacility site and may likewise transfer any facility site to an authority. Such\ntransfer may be authorized by a resolution of the governing body of the locality\nwithout submission of the question to the voters and without regard to the\nrequirements, restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any\nother general, special or local law. Such facility sites may be located within\nor outside or partially within or outside the locality creating the authority.\nIf a real estate broker licensed under \u00a7 54.1-2100 represents a party in a\ntransaction through which a facility site is acquired, the locality may pay a\nreasonable brokerage fee to such real estate broker.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 651, \u00a7 15.1-1388; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 728.","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}}