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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80506</law_id><section_number>37.2-613</section_number><catch_line>Proceedings for dissolution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>37.2-614</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="37.2">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Behavioral Health and Developmental Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Behavioral Health Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of directors of a <span class="dictionary">behavioral health authority</span> determines that the need for the authority no longer exists, then, upon a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> by the <span class="dictionary">board</span> to the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the appropriate city or county, after giving 90 days&#x2019; notice to the city or county and upon the production of satisfactory <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in support of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and a detailed dissolution plan, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> declaring that the need for the authority in that city or county no longer exists and approving a plan for the winding up of the authority&#x2019;s business, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>. In <span class="dictionary">order</span> for it to be approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> must find that this plan describes specifically how the city or county that established the authority will fulfill the same duties and responsibilities required for <span class="dictionary">community services boards</span> under Chapter 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purpose; community services board; services to be provided" href="/37.2-500/">37.2-500</a> et seq.) and how the city or county will ensure continuity of care for <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> who are receiving services from the authority.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 693, &#xA7; 15.1-1686; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, &#xA7; 37.1-252; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
