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The venue for actions on any contract between a transportation district and a component government shall be as specified in subdivision 10 of \u00a7 8.01-261. Venue in all other matters arising hereunder shall be as provided by law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253555,"text":"Every such contract shall be enforceable by the transportation district with which the contract is made, as provided under the laws of the Commonwealth, and, if any such contract is entered into with an agency or is relied upon in a contract between a commission and any such agency, the agency also shall have the right to enforce the contract. The venue for actions on any contract between a transportation district and a component government shall be as specified in subdivision 10 of \u00a7 8.01-261. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 631 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. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1977, chapter 624; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63400,"section_number":"8.01-261","catch_line":"Category A or preferred venue","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-261\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207071,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70222,"identifier":"33.2-1923","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/6\/33.2-1923","url":"\/33.2-1923\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1923\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/6\/33.2-1923","dublin_core":{"Title":"Venue","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1923","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every such <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> shall be enforceable by the transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> with which the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> is made, as provided under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, and, if any such <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> is entered into with an agency or is relied upon in a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> between a <span class=\"dictionary\">commission<\/span> and any <span class=\"dictionary\">such agency<\/span>, the agency also shall have the right to enforce the <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">venue<\/span> for actions on any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> between a transportation <span class=\"dictionary\">district<\/span> and a component government shall be as specified in subdivision 10 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Category A or preferred venue\" href=\"\/8.01-261\/\">8.01-261<\/a>. <span class=\"dictionary\">Venue<\/span> in all other matters arising hereunder shall be as provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVENUE (\u00a7 33.2-1923)\n\nEvery such contract shall be enforceable by the transportation district with\nwhich the contract is made, as provided under the laws of the Commonwealth, and,\nif any such contract is entered into with an agency or is relied upon in a\ncontract between a commission and any such agency, the agency also shall have\nthe right to enforce the contract. The venue for actions on any contract between\na transportation district and a component government shall be as specified in\nsubdivision 10 of \u00a7 8.01-261. Venue in all other matters arising hereunder\nshall be as provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 631, \u00a7 15.1-1360; 1977, c. 624; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 15.1-4522;\n2014, c. 805.","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}}