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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1962, chapter 395; in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69330,"section_number":"15.2-5366","catch_line":"When powers and duties cease to exist","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5366\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81975,"section_number":"15.2-5305","catch_line":"What constitutes need","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63900,"identifier":"15.2-5365","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/4\/15.2-5365","url":"\/15.2-5365\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5365\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/4\/15.2-5365","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings for dissolution","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5365","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever it appears to the commissioners<\/span> of an authority<\/span> that the need, as provided in \u00a7 15.2-5305<\/a>, for such authority<\/span> in the city<\/span> in which it was created no longer exists, upon petition<\/span> by the commissioners<\/span> to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for such city<\/span>, after giving to the city<\/span> ten days’ notice and upon the production of satisfactory evidence<\/span> in support of such petition<\/span>, the court<\/span> may, in its discretion, enter an order<\/span> declaring that the need for such authority<\/span> in the city<\/span> no longer exists and approving a plan for completing the business of the authority<\/span>, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its assets<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS FOR DISSOLUTION (\u00a7 15.2-5365)\n\nWhenever it appears to the commissioners of an authority that the need, as\nprovided in \u00a7 15.2-5305, for such authority in the city in which it was created\nno longer exists, upon petition by the commissioners to the circuit court for\nsuch city, after giving to the city ten days’ notice and upon the\nproduction of satisfactory evidence in support of such petition, the court may,\nin its discretion, enter an order declaring that the need for such authority in\nthe city no longer exists and approving a plan for completing the business of\nthe authority, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of\nits assets.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-275.1; 1962, c. 395, \u00a7 15.1-1600; 1979, c. 719; 1997,\nc. 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}}