Chap. 353.—An ACT to amend Chapter 34, Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved
February 7, 1918, as amended, which provided a charter and special orm of
government for the city of Norfolk, by adding a new section numbered 69-a,
to empower the city of Norfolk to adopt a budget on a 6 months’ or 18
months’ basis and to make appropriations and levy and impose taxes accordingly
or on a calendar year basis. [H 507]

Approved March 31, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That chapter thirty-four, Acts of Assembly of nineteen Randuesd
eighteen, approved February seven, nineteen hundred eighteen, as
amended, which provided a charter and special form of government for
the city of Norfolk, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding
thereto a new section numbered sixty-nine-a, which said new section
shall read as follows:

Section 69-a. Should the council of said city change the fiscal
year thereof to begin on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth
day of June of the succeeding year, for the purpose of putting such new
fiscal year into effect, it is hereby authorized and empowered to provide
for and adopt a budget, and appropriation ordinance to cover, for a six
months’ or for an eighteen months’ period; and said council is further
authorized and empowered to levy and impose taxes on real estate,
tangible personal property and machinery and tools, on a calendar year
basis, and in levying and imposing any such taxes on a calendar year
basis the ordinance levying and imposing the same may be adopted at
any time before the beginning of the calendar year for which the same
are levied and imposed. The tax year for all other taxes shall be fixed
by the council by ordinance.