CHAPTER 109

An Act to amend and reenact § 14.01 of Chapter 116 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1948, approved March 5, 1948, providing a
charter for the city of Richmond relating to the department of public
[H 228]
Approved March 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

l. That § 14.01 of Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1948, approved March 5, 1948, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14.01. Department of Public Health. There shall be a department of
public health which shall consist of the director of public health, a board
of health and such other officers and employees organized into such bureaus,
divisions and other units as may be provided by ordinance or by the orders
of the director consistent therewith; provided that for the duration of the
term of any contractual agreement between the city and the State De-
partment of Health concerning the operation of a district health depart-
ment withtn the boundaries of the city, as authorized by § 82-40.2 of the
Code of Virgtnia, as amended, the performance of the functions of the
department of public health, the board of health and of such officers and
employees. bureaus, divisions and units shall be suspended and shall be
performed pursuant to such contractual agreement.

That should any such officer or employee become a State employee by
rirtue of such contractual agreement, he or she shall remain a member
of any pension or retirement system established pursuant to the provisions
of this charter, provided such officer or employee is an officer or employee
and member of such pension or retirement system on the effective date of
such contract and does not elect, in writing, within sixty days after the
effective date of such contract, to become a member of the Virginia Sup-
plemental Retirement System. That for the duration of the term of any
such agreement, the city manager may appoint the person operating the
district health department for the State Department of Health as the
director of public health and health officer of the city; and when so
appotnted, such person is empowered and directed to enforce all local laws
and ordinances of the city relating to public health and sanitation and
to carry out all duties and responsibilities imposed upon the director of
public health and health officer of the city by state statute or local
oratnances.