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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348517</law_id><section_number>15.2-4903</section_number><catch_line>Creation of industrial development authorities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-576</reference><reference>56-585.1:10</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="49">Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in the Commonwealth is hereby authorized to create by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> a political subdivision of the Commonwealth, with such public and corporate powers as are set forth in this chapter. Any such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may limit the type and number of <span class="dictionary">facilities</span> that the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> may otherwise finance under this chapter, which <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of limitation may, from time to time, be amended. Louisa <span class="dictionary">County</span> may, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, authorize an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> created or established under this chapter to acquire, own, operate, and regulate the use of airports, landing fields, and <span class="dictionary">facilities</span>, and other property incident thereto, including such <span class="dictionary">facilities</span> and property necessary for the servicing of aircraft. In the absence of any such limitation, an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall have all powers granted under this chapter. <a id="paragraph-1299449" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4903/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall be the Industrial Development <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> of (the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> which created the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, including the proper designation thereof as a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span>). <a id="paragraph-1299450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4903/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Notwithstanding subsection B, for any <span class="dictionary">authority</span> authorized by this section, the name of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> may be the Economic Development <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> of (the blank space to be filled in with the name of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> that created the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>), if the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of such <span class="dictionary">locality</span> so chooses. <a id="paragraph-1299451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4903/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">authority</span> jointly created by the <span class="dictionary">Town</span> of South Boston and Halifax <span class="dictionary">County</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authorities acting jointly" href="/15.2-4916/">15.2-4916</a> may be named the Economic Development <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> of Halifax, Virginia, or such other name as the governing bodies of the <span class="dictionary">Town</span> of South Boston and Halifax <span class="dictionary">County</span> shall choose in the concurrent resolutions creating such <span class="dictionary">authority</span>. <a id="paragraph-1299452" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4903/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1966, c. 651, &#xA7; 15.1-1376; 1975, c. 254; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 157; 2000, c. 398; 2001, cc. 5, 6, 730; 2002, cc. 169, 680, 725; 2003, cc. 159, 343, 345, 350, 357; 2004, cc. 292, 782, 933; 2016, cc. 164, 312; 2017, c. 560.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Short Pump Town Center Community Development Authority v. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 010456</case_number><citation>554 S.E.2d 441</citation><date>2001-11-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059406/short-pump-town-center-community-development-authority-v-hahn/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 554 S.E.2d 441 (2001) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>DR. WILLIAM ES FLORY v. Com.</name><case_number>000961</case_number><citation>541 S.E.2d 915</citation><date>2001-03-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1059510/dr-william-es-flory-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 541 S.E.2d 915 (2001) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Dr. William E.S. Flory Small Business Development Center, .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record No. 000961</case_number><citation>261 Va. 230</citation><date>2001-03-02</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6931123/dr-william-es-flory-small-business-development-center-inc-v/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. JUSTICE LACY .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
