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however, any contracts or agreements between the commission and any county or city provided for in subdivisions A 4 and B 4 of § 33.2-1915 shall inure to the benefit of any creditor of the transportation district or, when applicable, to an agency as therein provided.C\n\nFor purposes of this section, “liability policy,” as it is used in the Virginia Tort Claims Act, specifically includes any program of self-insurance maintained by a district and administered by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":257262,"text":"Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, no pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or upon any county or city constituting any part of any transportation district because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the part of the commission of such transportation district, or any commission member, or its agents, servants, and employees, except as otherwise provided in this chapter with reference to contracts and agreements between the commission or interstate agency and any county or city.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":257263,"text":"Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, the obligations and any indebtedness of a commission shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the Commonwealth, or of any county or city in whole or in part embraced by the transportation district, and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the Commonwealth or of any such county or city, legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to authorize a commission or district to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the Commonwealth or any county or city in whole or in part embraced by the transportation district; 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This law was first created in 1964. 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 4 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 1986, chapter 584; in 1987, chapter 383; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83467,"section_number":"33.2-1919","catch_line":"Additional powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1919\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":82445,"section_number":"33.2-1915","catch_line":"Powers and functions generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1915\/"},{"id":86997,"section_number":"8.01-195.1","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-195.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71359,"identifier":"33.2-1927","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/6\/33.2-1927","url":"\/33.2-1927\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1927\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/19\/6\/33.2-1927","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liabilities of Commonwealth, counties, and cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1927","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort<\/span> Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, no pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or upon any county or city constituting any part of any transportation district<\/span> because of any act, agreement, contract<\/span>, tort<\/span>, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the part of the commission<\/span> of such transportation district<\/span>, or any commission<\/span> member, or its agents, servants, and employees, except as otherwise provided in this chapter with reference to contracts<\/span> and agreements between the commission<\/span> or interstate agency<\/span> and any county or city. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort<\/span> Claims Act, Article 18.1 (§ 8.01-195.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, the obligations and any indebtedness of a commission<\/span> shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the Commonwealth, or of any county or city in whole or in part embraced by the transportation district<\/span>, and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the Commonwealth or of any such county or city, legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to authorize a commission<\/span> or district<\/span> to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the Commonwealth or any county or city in whole or in part embraced by the transportation district<\/span>; however, any contracts<\/span> or agreements between the commission<\/span> and any county or city provided for in subdivisions A 4 and B 4 of § 33.2-1915<\/a> shall inure to the benefit of any creditor<\/span> of the transportation district<\/span> or, when applicable, to an agency<\/span> as therein provided. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For purposes of this section, “liability policy,” as it is used in the Virginia Tort<\/span> Claims Act, specifically includes any program of self-insurance maintained by a district<\/span> and administered by the Department<\/span> of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITIES OF COMMONWEALTH, COUNTIES, AND CITIES (\u00a7 33.2-1927)\n\nA. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1\n(§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, no pecuniary liability\nof any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or upon any county or city\nconstituting any part of any transportation district because of any act,\nagreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the\npart of the commission of such transportation district, or any commission\nmember, or its agents, servants, and employees, except as otherwise provided in\nthis chapter with reference to contracts and agreements between the commission\nor interstate agency and any county or city.\n\nB. Except for claims cognizable under the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Article 18.1\n(§ 8.01-195.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01, the obligations and any\nindebtedness of a commission shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the\nCommonwealth, or of any county or city in whole or in part embraced by the\ntransportation district, and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness,\nliability, or obligation of the Commonwealth or of any such county or city,\nlegal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be\nconstrued to authorize a commission or district to incur any indebtedness on\nbehalf of or in any way to obligate the Commonwealth or any county or city in\nwhole or in part embraced by the transportation district; however, any contracts\nor agreements between the commission and any county or city provided for in\nsubdivisions A 4 and B 4 of § 33.2-1915 shall inure to the benefit of any\ncreditor of the transportation district or, when applicable, to an agency as\ntherein provided.\n\nC. For purposes of this section, “liability policy,” as it is used\nin the Virginia Tort Claims Act, specifically includes any program of\nself-insurance maintained by a district and administered by the Department of\nthe Treasury’s Division of Risk Management.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 631, \u00a7 15.1-1364; 1986, c. 584; 1987, c. 383; 1997, c. 587,\n\u00a7 15.1-4526; 2014, 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}}