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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69461</law_id><section_number>15.2-5150</section_number><catch_line>Creating or joining more than one authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-5112</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="5">Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> that is a member of an <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, shall create or join with any other <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> in the creation of another <span class="dictionary">authority</span> or join another <span class="dictionary">authority</span> if the latter <span class="dictionary">authority</span> would duplicate the services being performed in any part of the areas being served by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> of which the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> is a member.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-764.13; 1950, p. 1321; 1958, c. 402; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1251; 1968, c. 355; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
