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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 830 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 613; in 1979, chapter 243.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70563,"section_number":"36-55.26","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-55.26\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71544,"section_number":"36-55.51","catch_line":"Reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-55.51\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57123,"identifier":"36-55.27","token":"36\/1.2\/36-55.27","url":"\/36-55.27\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-55.27\/","token":"36\/1.2\/36-55.27","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Housing Development Authority continued; constituted a public instrumentality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-55.27","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby continued within the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the purpose of \u00a7 36-55.51<\/a>, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia with all of the politic and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter, which are hereby reaffirmed, to be known as the “Virginia Housing Development<\/span> Authority” to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The HDA<\/span> is hereby constituted a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the HDA<\/span> of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential governmental function of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CONTINUED; CONSTITUTED A PUBLIC\nINSTRUMENTALITY (\u00a7 36-55.27)\n\nThere is hereby continued within the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment, for the purpose of \u00a7 36-55.51, a political subdivision of the\nCommonwealth of Virginia with all of the politic and corporate powers as are set\nforth in this chapter, which are hereby reaffirmed, to be known as the\n“Virginia Housing Development Authority” to carry out the provisions\nof this chapter. The HDA is hereby constituted a public instrumentality\nexercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the\nHDA of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the\nperformance of an essential governmental function of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 830; 1977, c. 613; 1979, c. 243.","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}}