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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54039</law_id><section_number>15.2-5711</section_number><catch_line>Conveyance or lease of park to authority; contract for park services; when referendum required before certain contracts made</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="57">Park Authorities Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">locality</span> and other public body is hereby authorized and empowered:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To convey or lease to any <span class="dictionary">authority</span> created hereunder, with or without consideration, any <span class="dictionary">park</span> upon such terms and conditions as the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> thereof shall determine to be for the best interests of such <span class="dictionary">locality</span> or other public body; and <a id="paragraph-198369" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5711/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">authority</span> created hereunder for <span class="dictionary">park</span> services; provided, that no <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall enter into any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> involving payments by such <span class="dictionary">locality</span> to such <span class="dictionary">authority</span> for <span class="dictionary">park</span> services which requires the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> to incur an indebtedness extending beyond one fiscal year, unless the question of entering into such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall first be submitted to the <span class="dictionary">voters</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> for approval or rejection by a majority vote. Nothing herein shall prevent any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> from making a voluntary contribution to any <span class="dictionary">authority</span>.
			In the event that a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall desire to <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> under this subdivision, such <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> shall adopt a resolution stating in <span class="dictionary">brief</span> and general terms the substance of the proposed <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for <span class="dictionary">park</span> services and requesting the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> for the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> to <span class="dictionary">order</span> an election upon the question of entering into such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. A copy of such resolution, certified by the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span>, shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> who shall thereupon enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="How special elections superintended and determined" href="/24.2-681/">24.2-681</a> et seq. Notice of such election entered and paid for by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> at least seven days before the election.
			The question to be submitted to the <span class="dictionary">voters</span> for determination shall include the names of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> and the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> between whom the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> is proposed and the nature, duration and cost of such <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-198370" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5711/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-714.9; 1950, p. 1248; 1956, c. 474; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1236; 1997, c. 587; 2023, cc. 506, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
