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All proceedings heretofore taken by any community development authority with respect to the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, delivery, and repayment of bonds by any community development authority are presumed to be valid, and any such bonds so issued are presumed valid and legal obligations of such community development authority, enforceable in accordance with law.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1299765,"text":"All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the creation of a community development authority by any locality pursuant to this chapter are hereby presumed to be valid and all such authorities are presumed to be legally created. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0473\">473<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1385715,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348619,"identifier":"15.2-5159","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/6\/15.2-5159","url":"\/15.2-5159\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5159\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/6\/15.2-5159","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validation of creation of authorities; bonds issued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5159","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the creation of a community development <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> by any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> pursuant to this chapter are hereby presumed to be valid and all such authorities are presumed to be legally created. All proceedings heretofore taken by any community development <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> with respect to the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, delivery, and repayment of <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> by any community development <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> are presumed to be valid, and any such <span class=\"dictionary\">bonds<\/span> so issued are presumed valid and legal obligations of such community development <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, enforceable in accordance with <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDATION OF CREATION OF AUTHORITIES; BONDS ISSUED (\u00a7 15.2-5159)\n\nAll proceedings heretofore taken with respect to the creation of a community\ndevelopment authority by any locality pursuant to this chapter are hereby\npresumed to be valid and all such authorities are presumed to be legally\ncreated. All proceedings heretofore taken by any community development authority\nwith respect to the authorization, issuance, sale, execution, delivery, and\nrepayment of bonds by any community development authority are presumed to be\nvalid, and any such bonds so issued are presumed valid and legal obligations of\nsuch community development authority, enforceable in accordance with law.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, c. 473.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}