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The governing body of any political subdivision wishing to become a member of an existing authority and the governing bodies of the political subdivisions then members of the authority shall by concurrent resolutions or ordinances or by agreement provide for the joinder of such political subdivision and specify the number and term of office of members of the expanded authority which are to be appointed by each of the participating political subdivisions, together with the name, address and term of office of initial appointments to membership.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":276219,"text":"Any political subdivision may become a member of any existing authority, and any political subdivision which is a member of an existing authority may withdraw therefrom, but no political subdivision shall be permitted to withdraw from any authority after any obligation has been incurred by the authority except by unanimous vote of all members of the authority.\n\t\tThe governing body of any political subdivision wishing to withdraw from an existing authority shall signify its desire by resolution or ordinance. The governing body of any political subdivision wishing to become a member of an existing authority and the governing bodies of the political subdivisions then members of the authority shall by concurrent resolutions or ordinances or by agreement provide for the joinder of such political subdivision and specify the number and term of office of members of the expanded authority which are to be appointed by each of the participating political subdivisions, together with the name, address and term of office of initial appointments to membership.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13694,"edition_id":1,"name":"Jail Authorities","identifier":"3.1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12847,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:34","date_modified":"2026-06-26 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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":238537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76959,"identifier":"53.1-95.5","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.5","url":"\/53.1-95.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-95.5\/","token":"53.1\/3\/3.1\/53.1-95.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joinder of new subdivision; withdrawal from authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-95.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span> may become a member of any existing authority, and any <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span> which is a member of an existing authority may withdraw therefrom, but no <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span> shall be permitted to withdraw from any authority after any obligation has been incurred by the authority except by unanimous vote of all members of the authority.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">political subdivision<\/span> wishing to withdraw from an existing authority shall signify its desire by resolution or <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>. 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The\ngoverning body of any political subdivision wishing to become a member of an\nexisting authority and the governing bodies of the political subdivisions then\nmembers of the authority shall by concurrent resolutions or ordinances or by\nagreement provide for the joinder of such political subdivision and specify the\nnumber and term of office of members of the expanded authority which are to be\nappointed by each of the participating political subdivisions, together with the\nname, address and term of office of initial appointments to membership.\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}}