In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the hospital or health center commission, such commission shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a body politic and corporate, and to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of each locality for which the commission is created declaring the need for such commission, and, if more than one political subdivision is involved, that it unites with the other political subdivisions in declaring such needs. A copy of the resolution, certified by the clerk of the locality by which it is adopted, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
Code 1950, § 32-278; 1950, p. 243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1517; 1997, c. 587.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 52 - Hospital or Health Center Commissions
§ 15.2-5200. Creation of commission
§ 15.2-5202. When governing bodies may declare need for commission
§ 15.2-5203. Effect of adoption of resolution
§ 15.2-5204. Members of commission; quorum; compensation; expenses; removal and vacancies
§ 15.2-5205. Powers of commission
§ 15.2-5206. Appropriations to commission
§ 15.2-5207. Issuance of bonds by political subdivisions and validation thereof
§ 15.2-5208. Issuance and sale of bonds
§ 15.2-5209. Provisions to secure payment of bonds
§ 15.2-5210. Bonds made legal investments
§ 15.2-5211. Bonds payable from revenues of hospital or health centers
§ 15.2-5212. Property of commission exempt from foreclosure or execution sale and judgment lien
§ 15.2-5215. Records and reports
§ 15.2-5216. When court may enter order declaring need for commission no longer exists
§ 15.2-5217. Finality of order; effect