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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 837 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":238533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71521,"identifier":"53.1-95.4","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.4","url":"\/53.1-95.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-95.4\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ordinance, agreement or resolution creating authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-95.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Each such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, agreement or resolution shall include the following: <a id=\"paragraph-257822\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The name of the &#8220;authority&#8221; and address of its principal office. <a id=\"paragraph-257823\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The name of each participating <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span>, together with the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> of the authority. <a id=\"paragraph-257824\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The purpose or purposes for which the authority is to be created together with, insofar as the governing bodies of the participating <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivisions<\/span> determine to be practicable, preliminary estimates of capital costs and financing proposals for any specific project or projects to be undertaken by the authority. <a id=\"paragraph-257825\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The number of members who shall exercise the powers of the authority and the number from each participating <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-257826\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, agreement or resolution that does not set forth the information required in subdivision A 3 of this section regarding capital cost estimates and project financing proposals shall also set forth a <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> that inclusion of such information is impracticable. <a id=\"paragraph-257827\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/53.1-95.4\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORDINANCE, AGREEMENT OR RESOLUTION CREATING AUTHORITY (\u00a7 53.1-95.4)\n\nA. Each such ordinance, agreement or resolution shall include the following:\n\n   1. The name of the &#8220;authority&#8221; and address of its principal\n   office.\n\n   2. The name of each participating political subdivision, together with the\n   names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the board of the\n   authority.\n\n   3. The purpose or purposes for which the authority is to be created together\n   with, insofar as the governing bodies of the participating political\n   subdivisions determine to be practicable, preliminary estimates of capital\n   costs and financing proposals for any specific project or projects to be\n   undertaken by the authority.\n\n   4. The number of members who shall exercise the powers of the authority and\n   the number from each participating political subdivision.\n\nB. Any such ordinance, agreement or resolution that does not set forth the\ninformation required in subdivision A 3 of this section regarding capital cost\nestimates and project financing proposals shall also set forth a finding that\ninclusion of such information is impracticable.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 837.","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}}