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.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-5203

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Hospital or health center: means any and all medical facilities and approaches thereto and appurtenances thereof. See Virginia Code 15.2-5201
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221

Code 1950, § 32-278; 1950, p. 243; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1517; 1997, c. 587.