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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348664</law_id><section_number>15.2-5309</section_number><catch_line>Effect of inclusion of existing hospital</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="53">Hospital Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> and the trustees, directors or managers of any nonprofit or charitable hospital in a <span class="dictionary">city</span> should agree upon and consummate a transaction whereby the nonprofit or charitable hospital should thereafter be included within the <span class="dictionary">hospital project</span> or <span class="dictionary">projects</span> of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, the number of <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> of such <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall be increased to not exceeding fifteen. The additional <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> shall be appointed by the <span class="dictionary">mayor</span> from nominations of the <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> then in office, and the terms of the additional <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> shall be arranged by the <span class="dictionary">mayor</span> in making such appointments as follows:</p><p>The terms of one-third of the <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> shall expire in two years or less, one-third in four years or less, and one-third in six years or less, concurrently with the expiration of the terms of the <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> then in office.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-222; 1960, c. 305; 1979, c. 719, &#xA7; 15.1-1542; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
