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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0571\">571<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0865\">865<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":370589,"section_number":"56-575.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-575.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1477575,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370604,"identifier":"56-575.5","token":"56\/22.1\/56-575.5","url":"\/56-575.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-575.5\/","token":"56\/22.1\/56-575.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service contracts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-575.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to any authority otherwise conferred by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, any <span class=\"dictionary\">public entity<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> with a <span class=\"dictionary\">private entity<\/span> for the delivery of services to be provided as part of a <span class=\"dictionary\">qualifying project<\/span> in exchange for such <span class=\"dictionary\">service payments<\/span> and other consideration as such <span class=\"dictionary\">public entity<\/span> may deem appropriate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE CONTRACTS (\u00a7 56-575.5)\n\nIn addition to any authority otherwise conferred by law, any public entity may\ncontract with a private entity for the delivery of services to be provided as\npart of a qualifying project in exchange for such service payments and other\nconsideration as such public entity may deem appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 571; 2005, c. 865.","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"}}