CHAPTER 230

An Act to amend Chapter 384 as amended of the Acts of Assembly of
1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter and
special form of government for the city of Charlottesville and mat-
ters in connection therewith, by adding a section numbered 14-a, to
confer upon the city council powers in relation to the operations of
certain authorities within the city; to require any such authority to
obtain approval from the city council for entry into certain contracts,
the construction, reconstruction or extension of certain facilities, and
the establishment of any new housing within the confines of the city;
to provide that the approval of the voters may be required in any such
case and to provide for the holding of referendums to obtain the ap-
proval of the voters in such cases; and to repeal § 86-19.3 of the Code
of Virginia, relating to limitations upon housing authorities in cer-
tain cities.

[S 85]

Approved March 11, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That Chapter 384 as amended of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, ap-
proved March 28, 1946, be amended by adding a section numbered 14-a
as follows:

§ 14-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-19 of the Code of
Virginia or any other provision of law, no authority heretofore or here-
after created under the terms of Title 36 of the Code, shall, without the
approval of the council or voters obtained under this section, transact
business and exercise powers within the city or make any contract for
the construction of any housing not authorized or approved by the gov-
erning body of the city on January one, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, or
acquire land or purchase material for the construction or installation of
any sewerage, streets, sidewalks, lights, power, water or any other facil-
ities for any housing not authorized or approved on such date. The provi-
sions of this section shall not affect or impair the provisions of § 36-19.1
of the Code.

The council shall advertise for at least two weeks in a newspaper
published in the city that a housing authority has applied for the ap-
proval of the council under this section and shall give notice therein of
the time and place for a hearing on such request which hearing shall be
at least thirty days from the date of the first advertisement. The council
may approve such request following such hearing unless a petition signed
by at least one hundred qualified voters seeking a referendum on the
granting of such request is filed with it prior to such hearing. If such
petition is filed with the council, the council shall petition the judge of
the corporation court to call an election under § 24-141 of the Code of
Virginia. The judge shall set the election for a time at least thirty days
after the date of the hearing and the provisions of § 24-141 of such Code
shall apply. If the voters voting approve the request of the authority the
council may grant the same but if the voters disapprove such request it
shall not be granted.

2. § 36-19.3 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.
3. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.