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This law was first created in 1956. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 714 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 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81031,"identifier":"33.2-2209","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2209","url":"\/33.2-2209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2209\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bonds not to constitute a debt or pledge of taxing power","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Revenue bonds<\/span><\/span> issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the District<\/span> or of the Commonwealth or of any county, city, district<\/span>, or political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the District<\/span> or of the Commonwealth or of any county, city, district<\/span>, or political subdivision thereof, but such bonds<\/span><\/span> shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor from tolls and other revenues. The issuance of revenue bonds<\/span><\/span> under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the District<\/span>, the Commonwealth, or any county, city, district<\/span>, or political subdivision thereof to levy<\/span> or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor. All such revenue bonds<\/span><\/span> shall contain a statement on their face substantially to the foregoing effect.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBONDS NOT TO CONSTITUTE A DEBT OR PLEDGE OF TAXING POWER (\u00a7 33.2-2209)\n\nRevenue bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to\nconstitute a debt of the District or of the Commonwealth or of any county, city,\ndistrict, or political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit\nof the District or of the Commonwealth or of any county, city, district, or\npolitical subdivision thereof, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the\nfunds herein provided therefor from tolls and other revenues. The issuance of\nrevenue bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or\nindirectly or contingently obligate the District, the Commonwealth, or any\ncounty, city, district, or political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge\nany form of taxation whatever therefor. All such revenue bonds shall contain a\nstatement on their face substantially to the foregoing effect.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 714; 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}}