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It has been modified 2 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 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":1385853,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348668,"identifier":"15.2-5312","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5312","url":"\/15.2-5312\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5312\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5312","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of commissioner on charges of obligee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5312","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">obligee of the authority<\/span> may file with the <span class=\"dictionary\">mayor<\/span> written charges that the authority is willfully violating any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth or any term, provision or covenant in any <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to which the authority is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">mayor<\/span> shall give each of the <span class=\"dictionary\">commissioners<\/span> a copy of such charges at least ten days prior to the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> thereon and an opportunity to be heard in person or by <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> and shall within fifteen days after receipt of such charges remove any <span class=\"dictionary\">commissioners<\/span> of the authority who shall have been found to have acquiesced in any such willful violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OF COMMISSIONER ON CHARGES OF OBLIGEE (\u00a7 15.2-5312)\n\nAny obligee of the authority may file with the mayor written charges that the\nauthority is willfully violating any law of the Commonwealth or any term,\nprovision or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The\nmayor shall give each of the commissioners a copy of such charges at least ten\ndays prior to the hearing thereon and an opportunity to be heard in person or by\ncounsel and shall within fifteen days after receipt of such charges remove any\ncommissioners of the authority who shall have been found to have acquiesced in\nany such willful violation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-226; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1545; 1997, c. 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"}}