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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 693<\/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. 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 1996, chapter 861<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210129,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56744,"identifier":"37.2-610","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-610","url":"\/37.2-610\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-610\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-610","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer of facilities and assets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-610","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body of the city or county that established the authority<\/span> is authorized to transfer to the authority<\/span> the operation and maintenance of suitable facilities that are now or may be hereafter owned by the city or county on the terms and conditions that it may prescribe; but this section shall not be construed as authorizing the authority<\/span> to maintain and operate such facilities until the operation of them has been transferred by the governing body of the city or county that established it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF FACILITIES AND ASSETS (\u00a7 37.2-610)\n\nThe governing body of the city or county that established the authority is\nauthorized to transfer to the authority the operation and maintenance of\nsuitable facilities that are now or may be hereafter owned by the city or county\non the terms and conditions that it may prescribe; but this section shall not be\nconstrued as authorizing the authority to maintain and operate such facilities\nuntil the operation of them has been transferred by the governing body of the\ncity or county that established it.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1684; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 37.1-250;\n1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716.","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}}