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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 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158819,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65396,"identifier":"15.2-5304","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5304","url":"\/15.2-5304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5304\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5304","dublin_core":{"Title":"How need determined","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The determination as to whether there is a need for an <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> to function may be made by the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> on its own <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> or upon the filing of a <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span>, signed by 100 registered <span class=\"dictionary\">voters<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span>, asserting that there is need for an <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> to function in the <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> and requesting that the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> so declare.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW NEED DETERMINED (\u00a7 15.2-5304)\n\nThe determination as to whether there is a need for an authority to function may\nbe made by the governing body on its own motion or upon the filing of a\npetition, signed by 100 registered voters of the city, asserting that there is\nneed for an authority to function in the city and requesting that the governing\nbody so declare.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-217; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1537; 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}}