CHAPTER 260

An Act to amend Chapter 9 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1952,
approved December 16, 1952, which provided a charter for the city
of Hampton, by adding a section numbered $8.10, to permit members
of the council of the city to act as commissioners of the Hampton Re-
development and Housing Authority, and to exercise the powers con-

ferred on such Authority without a referendum thereon.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: —

1. That Chapter 9 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1952, approved
pesemabier 16, 1952, be amended by adding a section numbered 3.10, as
ollows:

§ 8.10. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Housing
Authorities Law (§§ 36-1, et seq., of the Code of Virginia, as amended),
the members of the council of the city of Hampton, Virginia, during their
respective terms of office as councilmen, are authorized and empowered to
act as the commissioners of the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing
Authority, whenever the said council shall adopt a resolution declaring

(1) The need for an authority to function in the city of Hampton ; and

(2) The determination that the members of the council of the city of
Hampton, shall act as the commissioners of the said Authority.

Should the council determine to act as the commissioners of the
Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority as above provided, it
shall designate which of the commissioners shall be the chairman of the
Authority, and three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the said
Authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its
powers and for all purposes, and action may be taken by the Authority
upon the vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case
the by-laws of the Authority shall require a larger number. The determina-
tion of the council made hereunder and any determination that may be
made by the Authority as constituted hereunder shall be effective without
the prerequisite of an election being held to determine the question as pro-
vided by the Housing Authorities Law.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the council and
the Authority from otherwise proceeding under and in accordance with the
Housing Authorities Law.

2. An emergency exists and this act shall be in force from its passage.