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2005 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-5431.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-5431.3. Creation of authority.
The governing body of a locality may by resolution, or two or more localities may by concurrent resolutions, create an authority, the name of which shall contain the word "authority." The authority shall be a public body politic and corporate. The resolution creating the authority shall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held in each participating locality on the question of its adoption or approval.