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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54573</law_id><section_number>15.2-2108.10</section_number><catch_line>Bonding authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Provision of Cable Television Services by Certain Localities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of a municipality may by resolution determine to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> one or more <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> to finance the <span class="dictionary">capital costs</span> for facilities necessary to provide to <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> a <span class="dictionary">cable television service</span>. Such resolution shall: (i) describe the purpose for which the indebtedness is to be created and (ii) specify the dollar amount of the one or more <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> proposed to be issued. <a id="paragraph-200398" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.10/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bond</span> issued under this section shall be secured and paid for solely from the revenues generated by the municipality from providing <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> with respect to <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> issued to finance facilities for the municipality&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a municipality authorized under subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certificate to operate as a telephone utility" href="/56-265.4_4/">56-265.4:4</a> to provide <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span> shall not be subject to the requirement that it secure a <span class="dictionary">bond</span> with solely the revenues generated by the municipality from providing <span class="dictionary">cable television services</span>, and such municipality shall repay the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> indebtedness in a fashion that reflects a reasonable pro rata allocation of such indebtedness by enterprise fund or department. <a id="paragraph-200399" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.10/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A municipality shall pay that portion of the origination, financing, or other carrying costs associated with one or more <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> issued under this section associated with cable television solely from the funds of the cable television department. <a id="paragraph-200400" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2108.10/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 677.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
