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The additional commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor from nominations of the commissioners then in office, and the terms of the additional commissioners shall be arranged by the mayor in making such appointments as follows:\n\nThe terms of one-third of the commissioners shall expire in two years or less, one-third in four years or less, and one-third in six years or less, concurrently with the expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in office.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1299869,"text":"If the authority and the trustees, directors or managers of any nonprofit or charitable hospital in a city should agree upon and consummate a transaction whereby the nonprofit or charitable hospital should thereafter be included within the hospital project or projects of the authority, the number of commissioners of such authority shall be increased to not exceeding fifteen. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 305; in 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1385841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348664,"identifier":"15.2-5309","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5309","url":"\/15.2-5309\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5309\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5309","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of inclusion of existing hospital","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5309","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> and the trustees, directors or managers of any nonprofit or charitable hospital in a <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> should agree upon and consummate a transaction whereby the nonprofit or charitable hospital should thereafter be included within the <span class=\"dictionary\">hospital project<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">projects<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span>, the number of <span class=\"dictionary\">commissioners<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> shall be increased to not exceeding fifteen. 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The\nadditional commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor from nominations of the\ncommissioners then in office, and the terms of the additional commissioners\nshall be arranged by the mayor in making such appointments as follows:\n\nThe terms of one-third of the commissioners shall expire in two years or less,\none-third in four years or less, and one-third in six years or less,\nconcurrently with the expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in\noffice.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-222; 1960, c. 305; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1542; 1997,\nc. 587.","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"}}