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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348718</law_id><section_number>15.2-5356</section_number><catch_line>Provisions of bonds and trust indentures</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="3" identifier="3">Bonds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In connection with the issuance of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or the incurring of any obligations and in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secure the payment of such <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or obligations, the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> shall have power:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To pledge by resolution, <span class="dictionary">trust indenture</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, all or any part of its rents, fees, or revenues. <a id="paragraph-1299944" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To covenant to impose and maintain such schedule of fees and charges as will produce funds sufficient to pay operating costs and debt service. <a id="paragraph-1299945" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any <span class="dictionary">hospital project</span> or other property of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> or any part thereof or with respect to limitations on its right to undertake additional <span class="dictionary">hospital projects</span>. <a id="paragraph-1299946" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> To covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and revenues to which its right then exists or the right to which may thereafter come into existence or against permitting or suffering any <span class="dictionary">lien</span> thereon. <a id="paragraph-1299947" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> To provide for the release of rents, fees, and revenues from any pledge and reserve rights and powers in, or the right to dispose of, property, the rents, fees and revenues from which are subject to a pledge. <a id="paragraph-1299948" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> To covenant as to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> to be issued pursuant to any resolution, <span class="dictionary">trust indenture</span>, or other instrument and as to the issuance of such <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the proceeds thereof. <a id="paragraph-1299949" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> To covenant as to what other, or additional, debt may be incurred by it. <a id="paragraph-1299950" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> To provide for the terms, form, registration, exchange, execution and authentication of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-1299951" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> To provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-1299952" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> To covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal. <a id="paragraph-1299953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> To create or authorize the creation of special funds in which there shall be segregated: (i) the proceeds of any loan or grant; (ii) all of the rents, fees and revenues of any <span class="dictionary">hospital project</span> or projects or parts thereof; (iii) any moneys held for the payment of the costs of operation and maintenance of any such <span class="dictionary">hospital projects</span> or as a reserve for the meeting of contingencies in the operation and maintenance thereof; (iv) any moneys held for the payment of the principal and interest on its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or the sums due under its leases or as a reserve for such payments; and (v) any moneys held for any other reserve or contingency; and to covenant as to the use and disposal of the moneys held in such funds. <a id="paragraph-1299954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> To redeem the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> and covenant for their <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> and provide the terms and conditions thereof. <a id="paragraph-1299955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="13"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> To covenant against extending the time for the payment of its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or interest thereon, directly or indirectly, by any means or in any manner. <a id="paragraph-1299956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="14"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be given. <a id="paragraph-1299957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="15"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> To covenant as to the maintenance of its property, the replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of insurance moneys. <a id="paragraph-1299958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="16"><p><span class="prefix-number">16.</span> To vest in an <span class="dictionary">obligee of the authority</span> the right, in the event of the failure of the authority, to observe or perform any covenant on its part to be kept or performed, cure any such <span class="dictionary">default</span> and advance any moneys necessary for such purpose. The moneys so advanced may be made an additional obligation of the authority with such interest, security and priority as may be provided in any <span class="dictionary">trust indenture</span>, lease or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> of the authority with reference thereto. <a id="paragraph-1299959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#16"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="17"><p><span class="prefix-number">17.</span> To covenant and prescribe as to the events of <span class="dictionary">default</span> and terms and conditions upon which any or all of its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> shall become or may be declared due before maturity and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived. <a id="paragraph-1299960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#17"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="18"><p><span class="prefix-number">18.</span> To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition, or obligation. <a id="paragraph-1299961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#18"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="19"><p><span class="prefix-number">19.</span> To covenant to surrender <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of all or any part of any <span class="dictionary">hospital project</span> or other property of the authority, the revenues from which have been pledged, upon the happening of any event of <span class="dictionary">default</span> (as defined in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span>) and to vest in an obligee the right without judicial proceeding to take <span class="dictionary">possession</span>; to use, operate, manage and control such <span class="dictionary">hospital project</span> or other property or any part thereof; to collect and receive all rents, fees and revenues arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do; and to dispose of the moneys collected in accordance with the agreement of the authority with such obligee. <a id="paragraph-1299962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#19"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="20"><p><span class="prefix-number">20.</span> To vest in a trustee or trustees the right to enforce any covenant made to secure, to pay, or in relation to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, to provide for the powers and duties of such trustee or trustees, to limit liabilities thereof and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or the holders of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or any proportion of them may enforce any such covenant. <a id="paragraph-1299963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#20"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="21"><p><span class="prefix-number">21.</span> To make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character. <a id="paragraph-1299964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#21"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="22"><p><span class="prefix-number">22.</span> To execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of its covenants or duties, which may contain such covenants and provisions, in addition to those above specified, as the <span class="dictionary">government</span> or any purchaser of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> of the authority may reasonably require. <a id="paragraph-1299965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#22"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="23"><p><span class="prefix-number">23.</span> To make such covenants and to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secure its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> or, in the absolute discretion of the authority, tend to make the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein. It is the intention hereof to give the authority power to do all things in the issuance of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> and in the provisions for their security that are not inconsistent with the Constitution of Virginia. <a id="paragraph-1299966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5356/#23"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-271; 1973, c. 462, &#xA7; 15.1-1591; 1979, c. 719; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
