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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57367</law_id><section_number>15.2-7603</section_number><catch_line>Powers of Authority</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="76">Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Authority acting through its Board:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Is vested with the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, make <span class="dictionary">contracts</span>, and adopt and use a common seal and alter the same as may be deemed expedient; <a id="paragraph-210260" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-7603/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> May retain legal <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> to represent the Authority in <span class="dictionary">hearings</span>, controversies, or matters involving the interests of the Authority and the furtherance of its purposes; and <a id="paragraph-210261" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-7603/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> May adopt, alter, or repeal its own bylaws and regulations that govern the manner in which its business may be transacted and may provide for the appointment of such committees, and the functions thereof, as the Authority deems necessary to facilitate its business. Each committee shall consist of the number of persons as the Authority deems advisable. <a id="paragraph-210262" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-7603/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 388.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
