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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80897,"section_number":"15.2-5306","catch_line":"Effect and sufficiency of resolution declaring need","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5306\/"},{"id":63900,"section_number":"15.2-5365","catch_line":"Proceedings for dissolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5365\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81975,"identifier":"15.2-5305","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5305","url":"\/15.2-5305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5305\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5305","dublin_core":{"Title":"What constitutes need","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The council<\/span> may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a hospital authority<\/span> in the city<\/span> if it finds (i) that there are inadequate hospital facilities and medical accommodations from the operations of private enterprises in the city<\/span> and the surrounding area, or (ii) that the public health and welfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in the city<\/span> and the surrounding area, require the construction, maintenance or operation of public hospital facilities for such inhabitants.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHAT CONSTITUTES NEED (\u00a7 15.2-5305)\n\nThe council may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a hospital\nauthority in the city if it finds (i) that there are inadequate hospital\nfacilities and medical accommodations from the operations of private enterprises\nin the city and the surrounding area, or (ii) that the public health and\nwelfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in the city\nand the surrounding area, require the construction, maintenance or operation of\npublic hospital facilities for such inhabitants.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-218; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1538; 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}}