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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54106</law_id><section_number>15.2-5303</section_number><catch_line>Not to function until council declares need</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="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="53">Hospital Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall transact any business or exercise its powers until or unless the <span class="dictionary">council</span> of the <span class="dictionary">city</span> by resolution declares at any time hereafter that there is need for an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> to function in the <span class="dictionary">city</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-216; 1979, c. 719, &#xA7; 15.1-1536; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
