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1942

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Chapter 109

Municipal charters, Boundaries, Budget, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Property, Taxation, Utilities, Transportation, Jails, Law Enforcement, Public spaces, Employment and labor, Amendments

Chapter 130

creating the Elizabeth River Tunnel District; providing for the creation of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission as the governing body of said district; authorizing the construction, operation and maintenance by said commission of a project to provide a vehicular connection between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, and consisting of a tunnel or tunnels under the Elizabeth River or a bridge over and a tunnel under the south branch of the Elizabeth River and a tunnel under or a bridge over the east branch of the Elizabeth River, as determined by said commission, which project may include the existing Norfolk County Ferries if acquired as authorized herein; authorizing the county of Norfolk and the city of Portsmouth to sell and convey, and the commission to acquire, maintain, and operate, and to compensate the said county and city for loss of revenue from, the existing Norfolk County Ferries; conferring powers and imposing duties on said commission; authorizing the issuance by said commission of tunnel revenue bonds of said district, payable solely from earnings, to pay the cost of such project; providing that no debt of said district, of the State 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 tolls for the payment of such bonds and for the cost of maintenance, operation and repair of such project; providing for the execution of a trust indenture to secure the payment of such bonds without mortgaging or encumbering such project; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds, prescribing the conditions upon which such project shall become free from tolls; making such project and such bonds exempt from taxation, and prohibiting, under certain conditions, the construction or maintenance of competing means of transit between the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Judicial, Utilities