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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78049</law_id><section_number>15.2-5431.35:1</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>15.2-5431.9:1</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="54.1">Virginia Wireless Service Authorities Act</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>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
