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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0643\">643<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60584,"section_number":"56-484.7:1","catch_line":"Offering of communications services","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-484.7_1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159447,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73930,"identifier":"15.2-5431.4","token":"15.2\/IV\/54.1\/15.2-5431.4","url":"\/15.2-5431.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5431.4\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54.1\/15.2-5431.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Resolution creating authority to include articles of incorporation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5431.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The resolution creating an <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> shall include articles of incorporation, which shall set forth:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The name of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> and address of its principal office. <a id=\"paragraph-265925\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-5431.4\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The name of the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> creating the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> and the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the board of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-265926\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-5431.4\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The purposes for which the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> is being created, which shall be to provide qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Offering of communications services\" href=\"\/56-484.7_1\/\">56-484.7:1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56. <a id=\"paragraph-265927\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-5431.4\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESOLUTION CREATING AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (\u00a7\n15.2-5431.4)\n\nThe resolution creating an authority shall include articles of incorporation,\nwhich shall set forth:\n\n1. The name of the authority and address of its principal office.\n\n2. The name of the locality creating the authority and the names, addresses and\nterms of office of the first members of the board of the authority.\n\n3. The purposes for which the authority is being created, which shall be to\nprovide qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7;\n56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 643.","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}}