CHAPTER 219

An Act to amend Chapter 84 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved
February 7, 1918, which provided a charter and special form of
government for the city of Norfolk, by adding a section numbered
88 (b), which section relates to the annual assessment and reassess-
ment of property on certain conditions.

[H 457]

Approved March 13, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February
7, 1918, be amended by adding a section numbered 88(b), as follows:

§ 88(b). Annual assessment, reassessment and equalization of real
estate taxes.

Notwithstanding the August thirty-first date prescribed by Section
88(a) of the charter, in the event the council, pursuant to State law,
provides that the assessment of real property whenever made, except that
of public service corporations which is assessed by the State Corporation
Commission, shall become effective for city tax purposes on the first day
of July of each year then the annual assessment or reassessment of such
property shall be completed by the assessor by the last day of February
of the fiscal year in which they are made.

An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.