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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77865</law_id><section_number>15.2-5202</section_number><catch_line>When governing bodies may declare need for commission</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-5216</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="52">Hospital or Health Center Commissions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Governing bodies may adopt resolutions declaring the need for <span class="dictionary">hospital or health center</span> commissions in political subdivisions, if they find that the public health and welfare, including the health and welfare of persons of low income in such subdivisions and surrounding areas require the acquisition, construction, financing, or operation of a <span class="dictionary">hospital or health center</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-277; 1979, c. 719, &#xA7; 15.1-1516; 1997, c. 587; 2006, c. 658.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
