CHAPTER 490

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
36-19.4, requiring that a referendum be held prior to the making of
cooperation agreements for certain public housing projects by housing
authorities in certain cities.

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Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
36-19.4 as follows:

§ 36-19.4. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-19, no authority
heretofore or hereafter permitted to transact business and exercise powers
as provided in § 36-4 shall, in any city containing a population in excess
of seventy thousand but not in excess of ninety thousand, make any co-
operation agreement with the governing body of such city for any public
housing project not authorized or approved by the governing body of the
city on or before July one, nineteen hundred sixty, unless or until the
execution of the cooperation agreement for such public housing project
shall have been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city
voting in an election called by the governing body of the city for the
purpose. The procedure for such election shall conform to general law.
The provisions of this section shall not affect or impair the provisions of
§ 36-19.1 of the Code, nor shall they apply to such low rent public housing
units determined by the governing body of such city as necessary for the
satisfactory relocation of families to be displaced by such city’s Urban
Renewal Program.