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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69252</law_id><section_number>15.2-5103</section_number><catch_line>Ordinance, agreement or resolution creating authority to include articles of incorporation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-5152</reference></referred_to_by><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="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="51">Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Creation and Dissolution of Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, agreement or resolution creating an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall include articles of incorporation which shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-250551" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> and address of its principal office. <a id="paragraph-250552" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of each participating <span class="dictionary">locality</span> and the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the board of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>. <a id="paragraph-250553" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The purposes for which the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> is being created and, to the extent that the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> determines to be practicable, preliminary estimates of capital costs, proposals for any specific projects to be undertaken by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, and preliminary estimates of initial rates for services of such projects as certified by responsible engineers. <a id="paragraph-250554" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If there is more than one participating <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, the number of board members who shall exercise the powers of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> and the number from each participating <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. <a id="paragraph-250555" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<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 3 of subsection A regarding capital cost estimates, project proposals and project service rate estimates shall set forth a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> that inclusion of such information is impracticable. <a id="paragraph-250556" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, agreement or resolution adopted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Localities may consider petitions for creation of authority" href="/15.2-5152/">15.2-5152</a> through <a class="law" title="Recording in land records" href="/15.2-5157/">15.2-5157</a> shall provide that any <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> issued by the community development <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall be a debt of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, not the <span class="dictionary">local government</span>. Unless otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> which establishes the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, the <span class="dictionary">local government</span> shall not retire any part of the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> or pay any debt service of an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> out of revenues or funds derived from sources other than those set out in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional powers of community development authorities" href="/15.2-5158/">15.2-5158</a>, except that, where the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> finances <span class="dictionary">improvements</span> not contemplated by the original <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, the <span class="dictionary">local government</span> may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution, make such provisions for repayment as are otherwise permitted under general <span class="dictionary">law</span>. This subsection shall have no effect upon authorities formed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="One or more localities may create authority" href="/15.2-5102/">15.2-5102</a>. <a id="paragraph-250557" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5103/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-764.4; 1950, p. 1315; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1242; 1972, cc. 370, 544; 1984, c. 239; 1997, cc. 363, 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
