CHAPTER 508

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1, 2, 8 and 6 of Chapter 648 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1964, approved April 1, 1964, which created industrial
development authorities in certain counties and cities, so as to include
additional governmental units, the selection of commissioners and to
establish the area in which such authorities may exercise their respec-
live powers.

[H 728]
Approved April 4, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. ‘That §§ 1, 2, 3 and 6 of Chapter 648 of the Acts of Assembly of 1964,
approved April 1, 1964, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. There is hereby created within each of the cities of Virginia
Beach, * Danville, Roanoke, Suffolk, Franklin and Bristol; * within the
county of Fairfax, within the county of Nansemond, within the county of
Roanoke, within the county of Washington, within the counties of Giles,
Pulaski, Wythe, Bland, and Craig, within the county of Halifax for such
county and the city of South Boston, within the county of Greensville for
such county and the town of Emporia and within the county of Smyth for
such county and the town of Marion in said county, a political subdivision
of the Commonwealth with such public and corporate powers as are

nted in this act to be known, respectively, as the City of Virginia Beach
ndustrial Development Authority, the Danville Industrial Development
Authority, * the Bristol Industrial Development Authority, the City of Roa-
noke Industrial Development Authority, the Suffolk Industrial Develop-
ment Authority, the City of Franklin Industrial Development Authority,
the Nansemond County Industrial Development Authority, the Fairfax
County Industrial Development Authority, the Washington County Indus-
trial Development Authority, the Halifax-South Boston Industrial Develop-
ment Authority, the Greensville-Emporia Industrial Development Author-
ity, Roanoke County Industrial Development Authority, the Smyth-Marton
Industrial Development Authority, Giles Industrial Development Author-
ity, Pulaski Industrial Development Authority, Wythe Industrial Develop-
ment Authority, Bland Industrial Development Authority, and Craig
Industrial Development Authority, each hereinafter called the Authority.

§ 2. As used in this act the word “city” means the city of Virginia
Beach, the city of Danville, the city of Bristol, the city of Suffolk, the city
of Franklin, the city of Roanoke, the county of Roanoke, the county of
Nansemond, the county of Fairfax, the county of Washington, the county
of Halifax, the counties of Giles, Pulaski, Wythe, Bland, Cratg, and the
city of South Boston, the county of Greensville and the town of Emporu,
or the county of Smyth and the town of Marion, as the case may be, and
the governing body of each as requisite.

§ 3. The Authority shall be governed by a commission composed of
seven commissioners, appointed by the governing body of the city. The
commissioners of the Halifax-South Boston Industrial Development Au-
thority shall be selected by the joint vote of the board of supervisors of
the county of Halifax and the council of the city of South Boston. The
commissioners of the Greensville-Emporia Industrial Development Au-
thority and the Smyth-Marion Industrial Development Authority shall be
selected by the joint vote of the governing bodies of the county and the
town. All powers and duties of the Authority shall be exercised and per-
formed by the commission.

§ 6. The Authority shall have the following powers:

(a) To contract and be contracted with; to sue and to be sued; and
to adopt and use a corporate seal, and to alter the same at pleasure;

(b) To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property necessary for
its purposes;

(c) To acquire by purchase or lease, real property, or rights, ease-
ments or estates therein necessary for its purposes; and to sell, lease and
dispose of the same, or any portion thereof of interest therein;

(d) To construct for sale or lease, on such terms and conditions it
may deem proper, warehouses, factories or manufacturing facilities of
any kind and description and approaches to and appurtenances thereto
appertaining;

(e) To employ a director and such other agents and employees as
may be necessary, to serve at the pleasure of the commission, and to
fix their compensation and prescribe their duties;

(f) To do all other acts and things which may be reasonably neces-
sary and convenient to carry out its purposes and powers;

(g) To exercise the powers herein granted both within and without
the boundaries of the city as herein defined within which the Authority
«s created.

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