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Whenever the commission shall determine by resolution that it is advisable to issue bonds for the purposes of the commission, such resolution shall be certified to the circuit court of a county or corporation court of a city in whole or in part embraced within the district and the court shall thereupon make an order requiring the opening of a poll and the taking of the sense of the qualified voters of the district in accordance with \u00a7 21-226 on the question of issuing the bonds in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution. The question so submitted shall be “Do you favor the issuance of not exceeding $_____ bonds of the _______________ sanitation district commission (inserting the amount of bonds stated in such resolution and the name of the commission)?” If upon the certification of the result of the election made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the court, it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at the election shall have voted “yes” and in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the court shall make and enter of record an order stating such result and thereupon the commission shall have power in accordance with this article to issue bonds in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution and, in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds, to borrow money on temporary loan and issue temporary bonds therefor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1318478,"text":"No bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to fund or refund bonds theretofore issued and thus to redeem a previous liability, unless the qualified voters of the district shall approve by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting in an election the issuance of the bonds. Whenever the commission shall determine by resolution that it is advisable to issue bonds for the purposes of the commission, such resolution shall be certified to the circuit court of a county or corporation court of a city in whole or in part embraced within the district and the court shall thereupon make an order requiring the opening of a poll and the taking of the sense of the qualified voters of the district in accordance with \u00a7 21-226 on the question of issuing the bonds in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution. The question so submitted shall be “Do you favor the issuance of not exceeding $_____ bonds of the _______________ sanitation district commission (inserting the amount of bonds stated in such resolution and the name of the commission)?” If upon the certification of the result of the election made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the court, it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters of the district voting at the election shall have voted “yes” and in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the court shall make and enter of record an order stating such result and thereupon the commission shall have power in accordance with this article to issue bonds in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution and, in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds, to borrow money on temporary loan and issue temporary bonds 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No bonds<\/span> shall be issued by a commission, except to fund or refund bonds<\/span> theretofore issued and thus to redeem a previous liability, unless the qualified voters of the district<\/span> shall approve by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting in an election the issuance of the bonds<\/span>. Whenever the commission shall determine by resolution that it is advisable to issue<\/span> bonds<\/span> for the purposes of the commission, such resolution shall be certified to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of a county<\/span> or corporation court<\/span> of a city in whole or in part embraced within the district<\/span> and the court<\/span> shall thereupon make an order<\/span> requiring the opening of a poll and the taking of the sense of the qualified voters of the district<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 21-226<\/a> on the question of issuing the bonds<\/span> in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution. The question so submitted shall be “Do you favor the issuance of not exceeding $_____ bonds<\/span> of the _______________ sanitation district<\/span> commission (inserting the amount of bonds<\/span> stated in such resolution and the name of the commission)?” If upon the certification of the result of the election made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the court<\/span>, it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters of the district<\/span> voting at the election shall have voted “yes” and in favor of the issuance of the bonds<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall make and enter of record an order<\/span> stating such result and thereupon the commission shall have power in accordance with this article to issue<\/span> bonds<\/span> in not exceeding the amount stated in such resolution and, in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds<\/span>, to borrow money on temporary loan and issue<\/span> temporary bonds<\/span> therefor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nELECTION PRIOR TO ISSUANCE (\u00a7 21-270)\n\nNo bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to fund or refund bonds\ntheretofore issued and thus to redeem a previous liability, unless the qualified\nvoters of the district shall approve by a majority vote of the qualified voters\nvoting in an election the issuance of the bonds. Whenever the commission shall\ndetermine by resolution that it is advisable to issue bonds for the purposes of\nthe commission, such resolution shall be certified to the circuit court of a\ncounty or corporation court of a city in whole or in part embraced within the\ndistrict and the court shall thereupon make an order requiring the opening of a\npoll and the taking of the sense of the qualified voters of the district in\naccordance with \u00a7 21-226 on the question of issuing the bonds in not exceeding\nthe amount stated in such resolution. The question so submitted shall be\n“Do you favor the issuance of not exceeding $_____ bonds of the\n_______________ sanitation district commission (inserting the amount of bonds\nstated in such resolution and the name of the commission)?” If upon the\ncertification of the result of the election made by the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth to the court, it shall appear that a majority of the qualified\nvoters of the district voting at the election shall have voted “yes”\nand in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the court shall make and enter of\nrecord an order stating such result and thereupon the commission shall have\npower in accordance with this article to issue bonds in not exceeding the amount\nstated in such resolution and, in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds, to\nborrow money on temporary loan and issue temporary bonds therefor.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 356; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560iii8.","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"}}