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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347296</law_id><section_number>15.2-1303</section_number><catch_line>Associations to promote welfare of political subdivisions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-1204</reference><reference>2.2-1207</reference><reference>51.1-513.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="13">Joint Actions by Localities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Local Government Associations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The governing bodies of two or more of the political subdivisions of the Commonwealth may, in their discretion, and in addition to powers prescribed in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Expenditures for promoting resources and advantages of locality" href="/15.2-940/">15.2-940</a>, form and maintain associations for the purpose of promoting, through investigation, discussion and cooperative effort, the interest and welfare of the several political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and to promote a closer relation between the several political subdivisions of the Commonwealth. Any such association so formed shall be an instrumentality of the political subdivisions which are members thereof.</p><p>The provisions of this section shall be applicable to any such associations created prior to and in existence on June 29, 1956.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-13.1; 1956, c. 246; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-20; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
