Code of Virginia - Title 33.1 Highways, Bridges And Ferries - Section 33.1-297 Credit of the Commonwealth not pledged

§ 33.1-297. Credit of the Commonwealth not pledged

Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth or of any such political subdivision but all such bonds shall be payable solely from tolls and revenues and any other funds made available to the Board for such purpose. All such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the Commonwealth shall not be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the special fund provided therefor from tolls and revenues of the project for which they are issued and any other funds made available to the Board for such purpose, and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the Commonwealth is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this article and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the Board hereunder beyond the extent to which money shall have been provided under the provisions of this article.

(Code 1950, § 33-255.2; 1952, c. 223; 1954, c. 520; 1962, c. 552; 1970, c. 322.)

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