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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348789</law_id><section_number>15.2-5428</section_number><catch_line>Dissolution of authority</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="13" identifier="54">Electric Authorities Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the board of directors of an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> and its member <span class="dictionary">governmental units</span> determines that the purposes for which it was created have been substantially fulfilled or are impractical or impossible to accomplish and that all <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> theretofore issued and all other obligations theretofore incurred by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> have been paid or that cash or a sufficient amount of United States government securities has been deposited for their payment, the board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> and the governing bodies of the member <span class="dictionary">governmental units</span> may adopt resolutions or <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> declaring and <span class="dictionary">finding</span> that the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> should be dissolved, and that appropriate articles of dissolution shall be filed with the State Corporation Commission. Upon the filing of such articles of dissolution by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>, such dissolution shall become effective, and the title to all funds and other property owned by the <span class="dictionary">authority</span> at the time of such filing shall vest in the member <span class="dictionary">governmental units</span> of the <span class="dictionary">authority</span>.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 416, &#xA7; 15.1-1631; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
