CHAPTER 643

An Act to amend and reenact § 86-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to reports by housing authorities so as to require certain additional
reports and the making public of certain records. tH j

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Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
‘ 1 That § 36-5 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 36-5. At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk
a report of its activities for the preceding year, including a financial
statement, and shall make recommendations with reference to such addi-
tional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry
out the purposes of this chapter. All records of an authority shall be
public records, and shall be open to inspection the public during all
business hours under such reasonable regulations as the authority may
prescribe; provided that the term “records” shall include only completed
contracts and transactions of the authority.