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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 864<\/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":[{"id":372032,"section_number":"58.1-3819","catch_line":"Transient occupancy tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3819\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1386555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348850,"identifier":"15.2-5517","token":"15.2\/IV\/55.2\/15.2-5517","url":"\/15.2-5517\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5517\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55.2\/15.2-5517","dublin_core":{"Title":"One or more localities may create authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of a locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> or resolution, or the governing bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances<\/span> or resolutions or by agreement, create a tourism financing development authority for the purpose of supporting tourism infrastructure in localities. The name of the authority shall contain the word “authority.” The authority shall be a public body politic and corporate. Any such locality<\/span> that levies a transient occupancy tax pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-3819<\/a> shall designate any excess over two percent to be used for purposes of the authority except such revenues that are otherwise encumbered by the locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nONE OR MORE LOCALITIES MAY CREATE AUTHORITY (\u00a7 15.2-5517)\n\nThe governing body of a locality may by ordinance or resolution, or the\ngoverning bodies of two or more localities may by concurrent ordinances or\nresolutions or by agreement, create a tourism financing development authority\nfor the purpose of supporting tourism infrastructure in localities. The name of\nthe authority shall contain the word “authority.” The authority\nshall be a public body politic and corporate. Any such locality that levies a\ntransient occupancy tax pursuant to \u00a7 58.1-3819 shall designate any excess over\ntwo percent to be used for purposes of the authority except such revenues that\nare otherwise encumbered by the locality.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 864.","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"}}