CHAPTER 513

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by udding a section numbered
83-64.1, relating to the participation of certain tenants in condemna-
tion proceedings.

[H 834]
Approved April 4, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
83-64.1, as follows:

§ 33-64.1. Any tenant for a term expiring more than twelve months
after the filing of the petition referred to in § 33-60.1 may participate in
the proceedings described in § 33-64 to the same extent as his landlord
or the owner, if, not less than ten days prior to the date for the trial
of the issue of just compensation, such tenant shall file his petition for
intervention therein, including a certified copy of the lease under which
he is in possession, and an affidavit by the tenant or his duly authorized
agent or attorney, stating

(1) that he claims an interest in the award; and

(2) that he desires to offer admissible evidence concerning the
value of the property being taken or damaged.

For the purposes of this section, the unexpired portion of the term
of a tenant’s lease shall include any renewals or extensions for which
the tenant has an enforceable written option. The term “tenant” shall
include the assignee of the original tenant, as well as any sublessee of the
demised premises of the owner for the full unexpired term of the
sublessor.
Nothing in this section shall be construed, however, as authorizing
such tenant to offer any evidence in the proceedings described in § 33-64
concerning the value of his leasehold interest in the property involved
therein or as authorizing the commissioners to make any such determina-
tion in formulating their report.