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1960
An Act to repeal §§ 15-740 through 15-746, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, relating to erection of dams in or across watercourses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 506 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, which was incorporated by reference by § 18-147.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the carrying of loaded firearms on highways in certain counties.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Secs. 110, 118, 119 and 120 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 88 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved February 22, 1950, which chapter was incorporated by reference in the Code of Virginia by § 46.1-258, and which authorized counties having a density of population in excess of two thousand per square mile to provide for the installation of parking meters on designated State highways, streets and roads therein and provided penalties for violations of regulations thereunder.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-6 of the Code of Virginia, so as to permit cities and towns to allow the temporary use of streets for other than public purposes and to close such streets and alleys connected therewith for public use and travel during the period of such temporary use.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to definition of public eating and drinking places.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-928, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to master plans adopted by county planning commissions.
An Act to permit the governing bodies of certain counties to lease lands designated on the county master plan as being intended for future public use.
An Act creating, subject to certain conditions, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to be known as the Peninsula Civic Recreation Center Authority and defining its powers and duties; granting to the Authority power to acquire necessary real and personal property; providing for financing the construction of such project by the issuance of revenue bonds of the Authority, payable solely from rents, rates and fees and other revenues; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds; providing that no debt of the Commonwealth or of any county, city, district or political subdivision thereof shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this Act; providing for the collection of rents, rates and fees and other revenues to pay such bonds and the interest thereon and the cost of maintenance, repair and operation of such project; exempting from taxes and assessments such project and such bonds and the income therefrom; providing for the execution of a trust agreement to secure the payment of such bonds without mortgaging or encumbering such project; and prescribing the powers and duties of the Authority in connection with the foregoing and the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds issued under the provisions of this Act.
An Act to designate June 2, 1960, and the same date on each succeeding year as First Lady’s Day in Virginia; to repeal Chapter 387 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 29, 1958, relating to First Lady's Day in Virginia, and to declare an emergency.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-17, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment, terms and jurisdiction of conservators of the peace for designated places.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1, 2, and 5 of Chapter 230 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 15, 1950, relating to the powers of certain counties concerning sewers, sidewalks, curbs and gutters.
An Act to designate that period of time between January nineteenth and February twenty-second, nineteen hundred sixty-one, and the same period of time of each succeeding year as Virginia and American History Month.

1962
An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 1 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the City of Martinsville, the section relating to powers of the city.
An Act to amend and reenact § 35-38 of the Code of Virginia, relating to restaurants.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5.1 and 14-a of Chapter 384 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, relating to the submission of proposed ordinances or charter amendments to the qualified voters of the city, to the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and to the introduction of fluorine or sodium fluoride into the water system of the city, and to provide for referenda.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-279.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to establishment, limitations on and use of automobile graveyards.
An Act to amend and reenact § 3, as amended, of Chapter 194 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 27, 1984, which provided anew charter for the town of Lawrenceville, so as to provide for the levy of certain tazes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-562 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special policemen appointed by circuit courts.
An Act to provide for the creation of "public recreation facilities authorities"; to provide for the composition, government, powers and duties thereof and other matters pertaining thereto; to authorize such authorities to acquire, construct, improve and operate auditoriums, coliseums, convention centers, arenas, field houses, stadiums, football fields, baseball parks, fairgrounds, gardens, parks, zoos and museums, or any of them; to provide for the issuance of bonds and the terms and conditions of such issuance; to provide for the composition and collection of fees, rents and other charges for the use of such facilities; and to exempt from taxation and assessments such bonds and facilities and the income therefrom.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cutting grass, weeds and other foreign growth in cities and towns, and to repeal §§ 15-15 and 15-15.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to cutting grass, weeds and other foreign growth in certain counties and to the removal of trash and other substances which might endanger the health of residents in certain counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia relating to zoning, planning and subdivision of land; and to repeal certain sections relating to the same matters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-180.2, authorizing governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to regulate the operation of motor vehicles under certain conditions and relating to the use of highways for recreational areas; liability for negligence in connection therewith; and prescribing penalties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 5 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, as amended, the chapter providing a charter for the town of Brookneal and the section relating to election of mayor and council and the powers of council.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-252.1, authorizing the governing bodies of counties to regulate the parking of motor vehicles on county owned property.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-289.2, to provide a privilege for communications between ministers of religion and certain persons whom they counsel or advise.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to what property, real and personal, is exempt from taxation, State and local.
An Act to amend Chapter 412 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-1888, approved March 5, 1888, as amended, which provided a charter for the town of Gate City, formerly Estillville, in Scott County, by adding a section numbered 2.2, providing certain powers.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-20.8:1, authorizing governing bodies of counties to prohibit hunting in certain areas of such counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-654.2, relating to the liability of landowners toward hunters, fishermen, trappers, campers or hikers.
An Act to amend and reenact §8§ 33-298 and 33-317.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the regulation of advertisements and advertising structures along and adjacent to State highways, and to repeal § 33-317.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8, as amended, of Chapter 161 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 17, 1926, which was continued in effect by § 21-120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sanitary districts, so as to enlarge certain powers and duties of the board of supervisors; and so as to provide that certain charges shall be a lien on the property served; to provide for collection thereof; and to provide for other matters in relation thereto.
An Act to effectuate the consolidation of the city of South Norfolk and Norfolk County into a new consolidated city of the first class; and to this end to validate, ratify and confirm the consolidation between the city of South Norfolk and Norfolk County; to provide for certain pending annexation suits; to provide a charter for the new consolidated city; and to repeal Chapter 215 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 which incorporated the city of South Norfolk and all amendments nee
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia to grant to the Belle Bryan Day Nursery an easement to insure access to the nursery in the event of closure of a certain street in the City of Richmond.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 83-58.1, to enable the State Highway Commissioner to acquire land in median strips of highways for public mass transportation; and to provide for disposition of property so acquired
An Act to confer upon the State Highway Commissioner the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring certain lands to provide access roads to points of scenic beauty or public interest from the Blue Ridge Parkway and to provide for the transfer thereof to or for the United States of America.
An Act to require the State Library Board to have prepared and erected an historical marker commemorating the Leedstown Resolutions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-10.1:2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to revision and recodification of ordinances in certain counties.

1964
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-237 and 46.1-288 of the Code of Virginia, relating to blind or partially blind pedestrians crossing certain public streets or highways, and unlawful use of certain indicia of blindness.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-495 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of boards of zoning appeals.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8, as amended, and 18 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 20, 1980, which provided a Charter for the town of Bluefield, the sections relating to powers of the Council and to the powers of the town manager, respectively.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-480 of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions of terms used in Chapter 11 of Title 15.1 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-493 of the Code of Virginia, relating to preparation and adoption of zoning ordinances and maps and amendments thereto.
An Act to provide for a memorial to Dr. Jack W. Witten; and to this end to authorize the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to accept and maintain certain property in the town of Tazewell; to authorize the State Library Board to erect a marker thereon; and to authorize certain other agencies to participate in such undertaking.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 37, Acts of Assembly, 1954, approved February 28, 1954, establishing a compact with the Commonwealth of Kentucky creating the Breaks Interstate Park and a Breaks Interstate Park Commission, so as to allow such Commission to exercise the power of eminent domain in acquiring land or other property to be used as park property.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 83-142, 88-144, 38-146, 33-148, 88-149, 83-150, 83-151, 88-158 and 88-154 of the Code of Virginia, relating to roads and bridges established in counties, duty of viewers, procedure on viewers’ report, commissioners to assess damages, enhancement in value of residue, action of commissioners, payment of costs, compensation and damages and where road not to be located.
An Act to authorize the Department of Conservation and Economic De-
An Act to designate certain portions of State Primary Routes 80 and 88 as “Cumberland Scenic Trail” and to provide for marking the same.
An Act to amend and reenact § 25-122 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the condemnation of lands for public park purposes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 27-54.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against certain acts on certain lands in certain areas where extraordinary fire hazards exist; to authorize the Governor to issue proclamations in relation thereto; and to except certain fishing activities from the prohibition.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 35-25, as amended, 85-29 and 35-42.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to restaurants and public eating places.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 62-174.5, 62-174.6 and 68-174.7 as amended, 62-174.15, 62-174.17, 62-174.18 as amended, and 62-195 of the Code of Virginia and to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 62-174.5:1 and 62-174.18:2, relating to, registering and numbering of motorboats, rules and regulations of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, enforcement of boating act, punishment for violation of the boating act, designating areas as swimming and bathing areas and limitations on the use of motor-boats; and to repeal §§ 62-192 as amended, and 62-198, relating to certain of the same matters.
An Act to require the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to determine the advisability of a State park; and to appropriate funds.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10 Proposing amendments to Sections 148, 145 and 146 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to require the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to determine the advisability of a State park; and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-237 of the Code of Virginia, relating to profane swearing and drunkenness.
An Act to amend and reenact § 85-16.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to permits by the State Health Commissioner for the construction of certain swimming pools; rules and regulations concerning design and construction.
An Act to amend and reenact § 40-109, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to employment prohibited to certain minors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 11, as amended, of Chapter 239 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, which provided a charter for the city of Staunton, relating to the powers of the Council.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 21-116 and 21-118.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to enlargement of sanitary districts and to powers and duties of governing bodies of counties with respect to sanitary districts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-364 of the Code of Virginia, relating to alteration and vacation of streets and alleys in cities and towns.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 459 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, relating to seasons and means of taking or gigging carp in the Shenandoah River in certain counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 62-187.1, so as to prohibit the disposing of trash and other matter into certain waters in Surry County.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-229 of the Code of Virginia, relating to riding or driving on sidewalks.
An Act to provide for acceptance of a gift or devise of certain property to the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an historic site.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-456 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the legal status of comprehensive plans recommended by local planning commissions.

1968
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-108, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to sentencing certain persons to serve on the State convict road force.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 13.01, 18.02 and 18.05, as amended, of Chapter 9, Acts of Assembly of 1952, Extra Session, approved December 16, 1952, which provided a charter for the city of Hampton, and to amend the said chapter by adding a section numbered 2.08, the amended and new section relating to establishment, duties, powers, and jurisdiction of municipal courts; judges, substitute judges and clerks of municipal courts; and the construction and operation of sports and recreational facilities.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.04, 2.09, 3.01, 4.01, 5.01, 6.01, 6.07, 8.12, 10.04, 20.02, 24.01, 24.06, 24.08, 24.14 and 25.01, of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 8, 1958, which provided a charter for the city of Newport News, and to further amend such chapter by repealing §§ 16.04, 19.08, 24.02, 24.08, 24.04, 24.05, 25.02, 25.07, 27.08, 27.14 and 27.16.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-448 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice and hearing required of local planning commissions before making certain recommendations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 15.1-514.1 to enable the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns, to authorize the regulation, restriction, or prohibition of the assembling of persons or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances.
An Act to forbid the erection of structures over a certain height without the approval of the State Corporation Commission; and to establish the procedures for securing such approval.
An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to exchange certain land with the approval of the Governor in the counties of Greene and Madison for land owned by the United States for certain purposes.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 and 4, of Chapter 877, Acts of Assembly, 1946, approved March 28, 1946, as amended, which provided a charter for the town of Chase City, relating to the powers of the town and the administration and government of the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to what property is exempt from State and local taxation.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1.02, 2.08, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 2.08, 2.14, 2.15, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.28, 2.29, 2.31, 2.32, 3.05, 3.18, 3.20, 3.21, 4.06, 6.02 and 7.01, and to repeal § 2.30, of Chapter 240 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved March 13, 1954, which provided a charter for the town of Christiansburg in the county of Montgomery, the amended sections relating, respectively, to the boundaries of the town, municipal offices, town manager, removal of officers and employees, officers may fill more than one office; what offices mayor and councilmen not eligible for; duties of mayor; vice-mayor; salaries of council; meetings of council; quorum; special meetings of council; signing of minutes; duties of town clerk; duties of town treasurer: duties of chief of police; control of police force; assessment of real and personal property; temporary borrowing power of council; sinking fund; audit of financial records: power and authority to establish certain authority plants and facilities; certain powers and authority of council with respect to sewer and water lines and pipes; certain contracts to be let to bidders, and the repealed section relating to the duties of the town sergeant.
An Act to require that meetings and official records of agencies, boards, commissions, etc., of the State and local governments, and certain public organizations, be open to the public; to provide for exceptions; to prescribe remedies; and to repeal acts in conflict.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-187.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to obstructing watercourses.
An Act to authorize the Governor to lease certain land to the city of Virginia Beach.
An Act to provide for the organization of a Parking Authority as a public body and body politic and corporate by the city of Bristol, in the Commonwealth of Virginia; authorizing and empowering the Authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, repair and operate off-street parking facilities; providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the Parking Authority, payable solely from revenues, to pay all or any part of the cost of such parking facilities; granting to the Authority power to acquire necessary real and personal property; providing for the imposition and collection of rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished by the parking facilities: authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds; exempting from taxation and assessment such bonds and the parking facilities and the income therefrom; and prescribing the powers and duties of the Authority in connection with the foregoing and the rights and remedies of the holders of any bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
An Act providing for the organization of a Parking Authority as a public body and body politic and corporate by the cities of Newport News and Hampton in the Commonwealth of Virginia; authorizing and empowering the Authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, repair and operate off-street parking facilities; providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the Parking Authority, payable solely from revenues, to pay all or any part of the cost of such parking facilities; granting to the Authority power to acquire necessary real and personal property; providing for the imposition and collection of ratcs, rentals, fees and charges for the use of and for the services furnished by the parking facilities; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds; exempting from taxation and assessment such bonds and the parking facilities and the income therefrom; and prescribing the powers and duties of the Authority in connection with the foregoing and the rights and remedies of the holders of any bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-190, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, concerning specific instances of reckless driving and penalties therefor; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-191.1, relating to misdemeanor of aiding or abetting in certain instances of reckless driving.
An Act to provide a charter for the city of Radford and to repeal Chapter 875 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Radford. rH 882]
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-254.1, relating to the obstruction of free passage.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-186.8 of the Code of Virginia, authorizing the State Highway Commissioner to construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve access roads to public recreational areas and historical sites.
An Act to amend Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1948 approved March 5, 1948, providing a charter for the City of Richmond, by adding sections numbered 17.87:1 and 17.87:2 granting the Council authority to create a Department of Planning and Community Development and prescribing the functions of the said department and the qualifications of the director thereof, and to amend and reenact §§ 2.04, 4.01, 5.08, 5.1.1, 7.02, 9.08, 9.07, 9.08, 17.02, 17.08, 17.11, 18.08, 19.02 and 19.04, as severally amended, of said Chapter concerning the removal of inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles or parts thereof from public or private property; salaries and allowances for members of the Council; the title of the head of the Budget Bureau and the classification of such person; the classification and qualifications of the Director of General Services; the purposes for which bonds or notes may be issued; the employment of trainees; the classification of the Budget Officer; notice to be given by persons desiring a hearing before the Personnel Board and the time within which such hearing shall be held; the composition of the Planning Commission; the employment of the Director of Planning and employees by the Planning Commission; special permits for the use of land, buildings and structures; eminent domain proceedings; the appointment of judges of the municipal courts, and the filling of vacancies in the offices of judges of the municipal courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-817, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibited advertisements or structures.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-498, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to preparation and adoption of zoning ordinances and maps, and amendments thereto; notice to be given.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38-279.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the regulation of junkyards and automobile graveyards in areas adjacent to highways within the State.
An Act to amend and reenact certain sections of the charter for the city of Danville, relating to the powers of the city, limitations on contracts, and issuance of bonds.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-849.1, so as to permit counties, cities and towns to adopt ordinances regulating minors in public poolrooms or billiard rooms; providing penalties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.1-523.
Act to create the Tidewater Recreation and Stadium Authority, embracing the cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, and to authorize such Authority to acquire, construct, equip, maintain and operate an athletic stadium and the usual facilities related thereto, parking facilities or parking areas in connection therewith, recreation and sports centers and areas, including but not limited to exhibition, concert and entertainment halls, athletic fields, parking facilities or parking areas in connection therewith, club houses, gymnasiums and related buildings and the usual and convenient facilities appertaining to such undertakings, and extensions and improvements of such facilities; to acquire the necessary property therefor, both real and personal, and to lease, sell or operate any or all of such facilities, including real property; to confer powers and to impose duties on the Authority; to provide for the membership and for the appointment of members of the Authority and their terms of office and compensation; to authorize the Authority to contract with others pertaining to the use of its facilities and to execute leases of such facilities and to convey title to real property in fee simple of the Authority and to do all things deemed necessary or convenient for the operation of such undertakings; to authorize the issuance of revenue refunding bonds, providing that no debt of the Commonwealth or of any county, city, district or political subdivision thereof shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this act; to provide for the collection of revenues to pay such bonds and the interest thereon and the cost of maintenance, repair and operation of such project; to exempt from taxes and assessments such project and such bonds and the income therefrom; to provide for the execution of a trust agreement to secure the payment of such bonds without mortgaging or encumbering such project; and to prescribe the powers and duties of the Authority in connection with the foregoing and the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-194, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to permitting municipalities to require that dogs be confined, restricted or penned up.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-456, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the legal status of comprehensive development plan of local planning commission. rH
An Act to authorize the Department of Conservation and Economic Development to acquire part of the area in this State commonly known as the Dismal Swamp for certain purposes.
An Act authorizing the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to exchange for other land certain of its lands in Highland County.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 506 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, relating to the carrying of loaded firearms on highways in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 36-49.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to preparation and adoption of conservation plans by certain cities and counties.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 18, 16, 17, 19, 26, and 28 of Chapter 190 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 15, 1946, and continued in effect by Code of Virginia, §§ 15-914 and 15.1-2, which provided an act concerning blighted areas and substandard and insanitary buildings in certain cities of the Commonwealth; providing for the creation of corporations to clear such areas, demolish such buildings and undertake projects for the redevelopment thereof; providing for the supervision of such corporations and approval of such projects and plans for such redevelopment; granting such corporations the power to acquire property for such purposes, to exercise the power of eminent domain, and to sell, lease, exchange or such property; and prescribing the powers and duties of councils and city planning commissions of such cities with respect to such redevelopment projects and plans.