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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71521</law_id><section_number>53.1-95.4</section_number><catch_line>Ordinance, agreement or resolution creating 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="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Jail Authorities</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, agreement or resolution shall include the following: <a id="paragraph-257822" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the &#x201C;authority&#x201D; and address of its principal office. <a id="paragraph-257823" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of each participating <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span>, together with the names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the <span class="dictionary">board</span> of the authority. <a id="paragraph-257824" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The purpose or purposes for which the authority is to be created together with, insofar as the governing bodies of the participating <span class="dictionary">political subdivisions</span> determine to be practicable, preliminary estimates of capital costs and financing proposals for any specific project or projects to be undertaken by the authority. <a id="paragraph-257825" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The number of members who shall exercise the powers of the authority and the number from each participating <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span>. <a id="paragraph-257826" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, agreement or resolution that does not set forth the information required in subdivision A 3 of this section regarding capital cost estimates and project financing proposals shall also set forth a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> that inclusion of such information is impracticable. <a id="paragraph-257827" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/53.1-95.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 837.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
