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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81975,"section_number":"15.2-5305","catch_line":"What constitutes need","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80897,"identifier":"15.2-5306","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5306","url":"\/15.2-5306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5306\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect and sufficiency of resolution declaring need","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract<\/span> of the authority<\/span>, the authority<\/span> shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution of the governing body<\/span> declaring the need for the authority<\/span>. Such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority<\/span> and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the conditions enumerated in \u00a7 15.2-5305<\/a> exist in the city<\/span>. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible<\/span> in evidence<\/span> in any suit, action or proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT AND SUFFICIENCY OF RESOLUTION DECLARING NEED (\u00a7 15.2-5306)\n\nIn any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or\nrelating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively\ndeemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and\nexercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution of the\ngoverning body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution shall be\ndeemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and\nfinds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary)\nthat either or both of the conditions enumerated in \u00a7 15.2-5305 exist in the\ncity. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible\nin evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-219; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1539; 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}}