                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (§ 15.2-1300)

A. Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable of exercise by any
political subdivision of this Commonwealth may be exercised and enjoyed jointly
with any other political subdivision of this Commonwealth having a similar
power, privilege or authority except where an express statutory procedure is
otherwise provided for the joint exercise.

B. Any two or more political subdivisions may enter into agreements with one
another for joint action pursuant to the provisions of this section. The
participating political subdivisions shall approve such agreement before the
agreement may enter into force. Localities shall approve such agreements by
ordinance. Other political subdivisions shall approve such agreements by
resolution.

C. The agreement shall specify the following:

   1. Its duration.

   2. Its purpose or purposes.

   3. The manner of financing the joint undertaking and of establishing and
   maintaining a budget therefor.

   4. The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the
   partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property
   upon such partial or complete termination.

   5. All other necessary and proper matters.

D. The agreement, in addition to the items enumerated in subsection C hereof,
may contain the following:

   1. Provision for an administrator or a joint board responsible for
   administering the undertaking. The precise organization, composition, term,
   powers and duties of any administrator or joint board shall be specified.

   2. The manner of acquiring, holding (including how title to such property
   shall be held) and disposing of real and personal property used in the
   undertaking.

   3. How issues of liability will be dealt with and the types, amounts and
   coverages of insurance.

E. No agreement made pursuant to this section shall relieve any political
subdivision of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except
that to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by an administrator
or joint board created by an agreement made hereunder, such performance may be
offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.

F. Any political subdivision entering into an agreement pursuant to this section
may appropriate funds and may sell, lease, give, or otherwise supply the
administrator or joint board created to operate the undertaking with such
property, personnel or services therefor as may be within its legal power to
furnish.

G. Any power, privilege or authority exercised or capable of exercise by any
political subdivision of this Commonwealth may be exercised and enjoyed jointly
with any political subdivision of any other state or the District of Columbia
subject to the provisions of subsections A, B, C, D, E and F above, which shall
apply mutatis mutandis.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-13.2; 1958, c. 191; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-21; 1976, c.
583; 1991, c. 28; 1992, c. 370; 1997, c. 587.