CODE OF VIRGINIA AUTHORITY CREATED; NAME (§ 15.2-6000) The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Authority, is created as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. As such it shall have, and is hereby vested with, the powers and duties hereinafter conferred in this chapter. HISTORY: 1988, c. 833, § 15.1-1635; 1997, c. 587.