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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 869<\/a> and 887<\/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":1387125,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349016,"identifier":"15.2-6300.1","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6300.1","url":"\/15.2-6300.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6300.1\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/63\/15.2-6300.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration of policy for authorities created by a locality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6300.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It is further found and declared that: It being the policy of the federal government<\/span> to promote the development of federal employee housing, including military housing, office buildings and other infrastructure through partnerships with private and governmental entities, the purpose of such transactions being to help the federal government<\/span> get needed infrastructure in place more quickly, and to increase the value of its installations, the creation and operation of the authorities by a locality<\/span> and the granting to such an authority<\/span> of the powers set forth under this chapter are necessary for the public welfare, to enable more efficient cooperation with the federal government<\/span>, and to increase the value of federal installations in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION OF POLICY FOR AUTHORITIES CREATED BY A LOCALITY (\u00a7 15.2-6300.1)\n\nIt is further found and declared that: It being the policy of the federal\ngovernment to promote the development of federal employee housing, including\nmilitary housing, office buildings and other infrastructure through partnerships\nwith private and governmental entities, the purpose of such transactions being\nto help the federal government get needed infrastructure in place more quickly,\nand to increase the value of its installations, the creation and operation of\nthe authorities by a locality and the granting to such an authority of the\npowers set forth under this chapter are necessary for the public welfare, to\nenable more efficient cooperation with the federal government, and to increase\nthe value of federal installations in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 869, 887.","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"}}