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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76959</law_id><section_number>53.1-95.5</section_number><catch_line>Joinder of new subdivision; withdrawal from 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><p>Any <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> may become a member of any existing authority, and any <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> which is a member of an existing authority may withdraw therefrom, but no <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> shall be permitted to withdraw from any authority after any obligation has been incurred by the authority except by unanimous vote of all members of the authority.
		The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> wishing to withdraw from an existing authority shall signify its desire by resolution or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> wishing to become a member of an existing authority and the governing bodies of the <span class="dictionary">political subdivisions</span> then members of the authority shall by concurrent resolutions or <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> or by agreement provide for the joinder of such <span class="dictionary">political subdivision</span> and specify the number and term of office of members of the expanded authority which are to be appointed by each of the participating <span class="dictionary">political subdivisions</span>, together with the name, address and term of office of initial appointments to membership.</p></section></text><history>1990, c. 837.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
