CHAPTER 651

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 15.1 thereof a
chapter numbered 38 including sections numbered 15.1-1878 to 15.1-
1390, inclusive, to authorize counties, cities and towns to create cer-
tain authorities to be known as industrial development authorities
for the promotion of industry and trade therein, to provide for the
management of such authorities, to vest certain powers therein, to
provide for the funding and financial requirements thereof, including
the issuance of bonds, exemption from taxation and disposition of
excess earnings, and to provide for the dissolution of such authorities.

([(S 397]
Approved April 6, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding in Title 15.1 thereof
a chapter numbered 33, including sections numbered 15.1-1373 to 15.1-1390,
inclusive, as follows:
Chap. 33

§ 15.1-138738. SHORT TITLE—APPLICATION—This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the “Industrial Development and Revenue

ond Act”.

§ 15.1-13874. DEFINITIONS—Wherever used in this chapter, un-
less a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following
terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following
respective interpretations:

(a) “Authority” shall mean any political subdivision, a body pol-
itic and corporate, created, organized and operated pursuant to the pro-
visions of this chapter, or if said authority shall be abolished, the board,
body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal func-
a thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter shall be given
y law.

(b) “Municipality” shall mean any county or incorporated city or
town in the Commonwealth with respect to which an authority may be
organized and in which it is contemplated the authority will function.

(c) “Governing body” shall mean the board or body in which the
general legislative powers of the municipality are vested.

(d) “Authority facilities” or “facilities”? shall mean any or all in-
dustrial facilities, located within or without or partially within or without
the municipality creating the authority, now existing or hereafter ac-
quired or constructed by the authority pursuant to the terms of this
chapter, together with any or all buildings, improvements, additions, ex-
tensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in land, water rights,
franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishings, landscaping, utilities, ap-
proaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connec-
“ae therewith or incidental thereto, acquired or constructed by the au-
thority.
(e) “Cost” shall mean and shall include, as applied to authority
facilities, the cost of construction, the cost of acquisition of all lands,
structures, rights of way, franchises, easements and other property rights
and interests, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating any build-
ings or structures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any
lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated,
the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, financing
charges, interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and, if
deemed advisable by the authority, for a period not exceeding one year
after completion of such construction, cost of engineering, financial and
legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and
of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasi-
bility or practicability of constructing the authority facilities, adminis-
trative expenses, provisions for working capital, reserves for interest and
for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, and such other
expenses as may be necessary or incident to the construction of the au-
thority facilities, the financing of such construction and the placing of
the authority facilities in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred
by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, with the approval of the
authority, for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifica-
tions or other work or materials in connection with the construction of
the authority facilities may be regarded as a part of the cost of the
authority facilities and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or any
agency thereof out of the proceeds of the bonds issued for such authority
facilities as hereinafter authorized.

(f) “Bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall embrace notes, bonds and
other obligations authorized to be issued by the authority pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter.

(zg) “Revenues” shall mean any or all fees, rates, rentals and re-
ceipts derived by the authority from, and all other moneys and income of
whatsoever kind or character obtained by the authority in connection
with the ownership and leasing of the authority facilities.

(h) “Commonwealth” shall mean the State of Virginia.

(i) “Trust Indenture” shall mean any trust agreement or mortgage
under which bonds authorized pursuant to this act may be secured.

(j) “Enterprise” shall mean any industry for the manufacturing,
processing, assembling, storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling any
products of agriculture, mining, or industry and for research and develop-
ment of scientific laboratories, or for such other related businesses as will
be in the furtherance of the public purposes of this chapter.
§ 15.1-1875. PURPOSES AND CONSTRUCTION—It is the intent
of the legislature by the passage of this act to authorize the creation of
industrial development authorities by the several municipalities in this
Commonwealth so that such authorities may acquire, own, lease, and
dispose of properties to the end that such authorities may be able to
promote industry and develop trade by inducing manufacturing, indus-
trial, governmental and commercial enterprises to locate in or remain
in this Commonwealth and further the use of its agricultural products
and natural resources, and to vest such authorities with all powers that
may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes, which powers
shall in all respects be exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants of the
Commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce, and for the promotion
of their safety, health, welfare, convenience and prosperity. It is not
intended hereby that any such authority shall itself be authorized to
operate any such manufacturing, industrial or commercial enterprise. This
chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention.

§ 15.1-1876. CREATION OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES—

(a) The governing body of any municipality in this Commonwealth
is hereby authorized to create by ordinance a political subdivision of the
cece amide with such public and corporate powers as are set forth
in this Act.

(b) The name of the authority shall be the Industrial Development
Authority of .......... (the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of
the municipality which created the authority, including the proper designa-
tion thereof as a county, city or town.)

§ 15.1-1877. DIRECTORS—QUALIFICATIONS—NUMBERS—
TERM—EXPENSES—QUORUM—RECORDS—tThe authority shall be
governed by a board of directors in which all powers of the authority
shall be vested and which board shall be composed of seven directors,
appointed by the governing body of the municipality. The seven directors
shall be appointed initially for terms of one, two, three and four years;
two being appointed for one year terms, two being appointed for two
year terms; two being appointed for three year terms and one being
appointed for a four year term; subsequent appointments shall be for
terms of four years, except appointments to fill vacancies which shall be
for the unexpired terms. Each director shall, before entering upon his
duties take and subscribe the oath prescribed by § 49-1 of the Code of
Virginia. No director shall be an officer or employee of the municipality.
The directors shall elect from their membership a chairman, a vice-
chairman, and from their membership or not, as they desire, a secretary
and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer. The directors shall receive no
salary but shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties. Four members of the board of
directors shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purposes of con-
ducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes,
except that no facilities owned by the Authority shall be leased or disposed
of in any manner without a majority vote of the members of the board
of directors. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair
the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the
duties of the board. The board shall keep detailed minutes of its
proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection at all times. It
shall keep suitable records of all its financial transactions and shall ar-
range to have the same audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall
be furnished to the governing body of the municipality and shall be open
to public inspection.

§ 15.1-1878. POWERS OF AUTHORITY—The authority shall have
the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or neces-
sary for the performance of those hereinafter stated: (a) To sue and be
sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having
jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (b) to adopt and
use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (c) to contract
and be contracted with; (d) to acquire, whether by purchase, exchange,
gift, lease or otherwise, and to improve, maintain, equip and furnish one
or more authority facilities including all real and personal properties
which the board of directors of the authority may deem necessary in
connection therewith and regardless of whether or not any such facilities
shall then be in existence; (e) to lease to others any or all of its facilities
and to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such lease
upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations
thereof; and to include in any such lease, if desired, a provision that
the lessee thereof shall have options to renew such lease or to purchase
any or all of the leased facilities, or that upon payment of all of the
indebtedness of the authority it may lease or convey any or all of its
facilities to the lessee thereof with or without consideration; (f) to sell,
exchange, donate, and convey any or all of its properties whenever its
board of directors shall find any such action to be in furtherance of the
purposes for which the authority was organized; (g) to issue its bonds
for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers; (h) as security for
the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and
any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge
any or all of its facilities or any part or parts thereof, whether then
owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues therefrom or
from any part thereof; (i) to employ and pay compensation to such
employees and agents, including attorneys, as the board of directors shall
deem necessary in carrying on the business of the authority; and (j) to
exercise all powers expressly given the authority by the governing body of
the municipality which established the authority and to establish bylaws
and make all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this chapter, deemed expedient for the management of the authority’s
affairs; (k) to appoint an industrial advisory committee to advise the
authority, consisting of such number of persons as it may deem advis-
able; however, such persons shall not receive any compensation for their
services, but may be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other ex-
penses incurred while on the business of the authority; (1) to borrow
money and to accept contributions, grants and other financial assistance
from the United States of America and agencies or instrumentalities
thereof, the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision, agency, or public
instrumentality of the Commonwealth, for or in aid of the construction,
acquisition, ownership, maintenance or repair of the authority facilities
or for the payment of principal of any bond of the authority, interest
thereon, or other cost incident thereto, and to this end the authority shall
have the power to comply with such conditions and to execute such agree-
ments, trust indentures, and other legal instruments as may be necessary,
convenient or desirable and to agree to such terms and conditions as
may be imposed. The authority shall not have power to operate any
facility as a business other than as lessor. Any meeting held by the board
of directors at which formal action is taken shall be open to the public.

§ 15.1-1879. BONDS—(a) The authority shall have the power
to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its purposes,
including the payment of all or any part of the cost of authority facilities
and including the payment or retirement of bonds previously issued by it.
All bonds issued by the authority shall be payable solely from the revenues
and receipts derived from the leasing or sale by the authority of its
facilities or anv nart therenf and the authoritv mav issue sich tunee af
the foregoing) bonds payable, both as to principal and interest: (i) from
its revenues and receipts generally; (ii) exclusively from the revenues
and receipts of a particular facility; or (iii) exclusively from the revenues
and receipts of certain designated facilities whether or not they are financed
in whole or in part from the proceeds of such bonds. Unless otherwise
provided in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds, or in
the trust indenture securing the same, all bonds shall be payable solely
and exclusively from the revenues and receipts of a particular facility.
Bonds may be executed and delivered by the authority at any time and
from time to time, may be in such form and denominations and of such
terms and maturities, may be in registered or bearer form either as
to principal or interest or both, may be payable in such installments and
at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from the date thereof,
may be payable at such place or places whether within or without the
Commonwealth, may bear interest at such rate or rates not to exceed six
per centum, may be payable at such time or times and at such place or
places, may be evidenced in such manner, and may contain such pro-
visions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided and specified by
the board of directors in authorizing each particular bond issue. If deemed
advisable by the board of directors, there may be retained in the proceed-
ings under which any bonds of the authority are authorized to be issued
an option to redeem all or any part thereof as may be specified in such
proceedings, at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and
on such terms and conditions as may be set forth in such proceedings
and as may be briefly recited on the face of the bonds, but nothing herein
contained shall be construed to confer on the authority any right or
option to redeem any bonds except as may be provided in the proceedings
under which they shall be issued. Any bonds of the authority may be
sold at public or private sale in such manner and from time to time as
may be determined by the board of directors of the authority to be most
advantageous, and the authority may pay all costs, premiums and com-
missions which its board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous
in connection with the issuance thereof. Issuance by the authority of
one or more series of bonds for one or more purposes shall not preclude
it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same facility or any
other facility, but the proceedings whereunder any subsequent bonds may
be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge or mortgage made
for any prior issue of bonds. Any bonds of the authority at any time
outstanding may from time to time be refunded by the authority by the
issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the board of directors
may deem necessary, but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund
principal of the bonds so to be refunded, together with any unpaid
interest thereon and any costs, premiums or commissions necessary to be
paid in connection therewith. Any such refunding may be effected whether
the bonds to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter
mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the
proceeds thereof to the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby, or
by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded
thereby, with the consent of the holders of the bonds so to be refunded,
and regardless of whether or not the bonds to be refunded were issued
in connection with the same facilities or separate facilities, and regard-
less of whether or not the bonds proposed to be refunded shall be payable
on the same date or on different dates or shall be due serially or otherwise.

(b) All bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the authority or
shall bear his facsimile signature, and the corporate seal of the authority
or a facsimile thereof shall be impressed or imprinted thereon and attested
by the signature of the secretary (or the secretary-treasurer) of the
authority, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile sig-
nature of said chairman. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile
of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to
be an officer before delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile
shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if
he had remained in office until such delivery.

(c) If the proceeds derived from a particular bond issue, due to
error of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than the cost of the authority
facilities for which such bonds were issued, additional bonds may in like
manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and unless other-
wise provided in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds
of such issue or in the trust indenture securing the same, shall be deemed
to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same
fund without preference or priority of the bonds of the first issue. If
the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed such cost, the surplus
may be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for such bonds or may
be applied to the payment of the cost of any additions, improvements or
enlargements of the authority facilities for which such bonds shall have
been issued.

(d) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority
may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds,
with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such
bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The au-
thority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall
become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued
under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any
department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the Com-
monwealth, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any
other conditions or things other than those proceedings, conditions or
things which are specifically required by this chapter; provided, however,
that nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the
powers and duties now conferred by law upon the State Corporation
Commission.

(e) All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall
have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of
and shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments under the Uni-
form Commercial Code of Virginia, subject only to provisions respect-
ing registration of the bonds.

(f) In addition to all other powers granted to the authority by this
chapter, the authority is authorized to provide for the issuance, from
time to time, of notes or other obligations of the authority for any of its
authorized purposes. All of the provisions of this chapter which relate
to bonds or revenue bonds shall apply to such notes or other obligations
insofar as such provisions may be appropriate.

§ 15.1-13880. LIABILITY OF COMMONWEALTH, POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS—(a) Bonds issued
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to consti-
tute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth, or
any political subdivision thereof, including the municipality which cre-
ated the authority issuing such bonds, but such bonds shall be payable
solely from the funds provided therefor as herein authorized. All such
bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that
neither the Commonwealth, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor the
authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon or
other costs incident thereto except from the revenues and moneys pledged
therefor and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the
Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the
payment of the principal of such bonds or the interest thereon or other
costs incident thereto.
(b) Neither the directors of the authority nor any person executing
a eee shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance
thereof.

(c) All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chap-
ter shall be payable solely from the funds of the authority and no lia-
bility or obligation shall be incurred by the authority hereunder beyond
the extent to which moneys shall be available to the authority.

(d) Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall
not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation
or restriction.

§ 15.1-1881. SECURITY FOR PAYMENT OF BONDS—DE-
FAULT—The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the au-
thority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of
which the same shall be made payable, and may be secured by a trust in-
denture covering all or any part of the authority facilities from which
revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlarge-
ments of and additions to any such projects thereafter made. The resolu-
tion under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such
trust indenture may contain any agreements and provisions respecting
the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collec-
tion of rents for any portions thereof leased by the authority to others,
the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and
the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board
of directors shall deem advisable not in conflict with the provisions hereof.
Each pledge, agreement and trust indenture made for the benefit or
security of any of the bonds of the authority shall continue effective until
the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the
same were made shall have been fully paid. In the event of default in
such payment or in any agreements of the authority made as a part of the
contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the
proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any trust indenture executed as
security therefor, may be enforced by mandamus, suit, action or pro-
ceeding at law or in equity to compel the authority and the directors,
officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term,
provision and covenant contained in any trust indenture of the authority,
the appointment of a receiver in equity or by foreclosure of any such
trust indenture or any one or more of said remedies.

§ 15.1-13882. RENTS—tThe authority shall fix and revise from time
to time the rents, fees and other charges to be paid for the use of various
authority facilities and for any other services furnished or provided by
the authority. Such rents, fees and charges shall be fixed so as to provide
at least sufficient funds to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and op-
erating such projects and the principal and interest of any bonds issued
by the authority or other debts contracted as the same shall become due
and payable. Included in the rental payments to be made by any lessee
to the authority shall be an amount in lieu of and equal to local property
taxes and assessments upon property of the authority so leased; provided,
however, that all such taxes and assessments shall be remitted by the
authority to the political subdivision to which such taxes would normally
be remitted if the property were owned by private persons and not
by the authority and shall be remitted by the authority to the political
subdivision at the same time and into the same fund or funds as are local
property taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the con-
trary, the authority and the political subdivision in which all or any part
of the property for a particular facility of the authority is located may
agree at any time to a definite sum to be paid as local property taxes
and assessments throughout the duration of the lease of a particular pro)-
ect. A reserve may be accumulated and maintained out of the revenues
and receipts of the authority for extraordinary repairs and expenses and
for such other purposes as may be provided in any resolution authorizing a
bond issue or in any trust indenture securing the authority’s bonds. Sub-
ject to such provisions and restrictions as may be set forth in the resolu-
tion or in the trust indenture authorizing or securing any of the bonds
or other obligations hereunder, the authority shall have exclusive control
of the revenues and receipts derived from any authority facility rented
and controlled by it and the right to use the revenues and receipts in the
exercise of its powers and duties set forth in this chapter.

§ 15.1-13883. EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION—tThe authority is
hereby declared to be performing a public function in behalf of the mu-
nicipality with respect to which the authority is created and to be a
public instrumentality of such municipality. Accordingly, the income,
including any profit made on the sale thereof from all bonds issued
by the authority shall at all times be exempt from all taxation by the
Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof.

§ 15.1-1884. AUTHORITY NONPROFIT—EXCESS EARNINGS—
The authority shall be nonprofit and no part of its net earnings remaining
after payment of its expenses shall enure to the benefit of any individual,
firm or corporation, except that in the event the board of directors of the
authority shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the
full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority
then any net earnings of the authority thereafter accruing shall be paid
to the municipality with respect to which the authority was created; pro-
vided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the board
of directors from transferring all or any part of its properties in ac-
cordance with the terms of any lease entered into by the authority, or any
contract related to said lease.

§ 15.1-13885. DISSOLUTION—DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY—
Whenever the board of directors of the authority shall by resolution de-
termine that the purposes for which the authority was formed have been
substantially complied with and all bonds theretofore issued and all ob-
ligations theretofore incurred by the authority have been fully paid, the
then members of the board of directors of the authority shall thereupon
execute and file for record with the governing body of the municipality
which created the authority, a resolution declaring such facts. If the
governing body of the municipality which created the authority is of the
Opinion that the facts stated in the authority’s resolution are true and that
the authority should be dissolved, it shall so resolve and the authority
shall stand dissolved. Upon such dissolution, the title to all funds and
properties owned by the authority at the time of such dissolution shall
vest in the municipality creating the authority and possession of such
funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to such municipality.

§ 15.1-1886. BONDS AS LEGAL INVESTMENTS AND LAW-
FUL SECURITY—Theée bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
and are hereby declared to be legal and authorized investments for banks,
savings banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, insur-
ance companies, fiduciaries, trustees, guardians and for all public funds of
the Commonwealth of Virginia or other political corporations or subdi-
visions of the Commonwealth. Such bonds shall be eligible to secure the
deposit of any and all public funds of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
and any and all public funds of cities, towns, counties, school districts
or other political corporations or subdivisions of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, and such bonds shall be lawful and sufficient security for said
deposits to the extent of their value when accompanied by all unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto.

§ 15.1-1887. ATITHORITIES ACTING JOINTLY—The ynowere
exercised by two or more authorities acting jointly. Two or more munici-
palities, as herein defined, may jointly create an Authority, in which case
the Directors of such Authority shall be appointed by the concurring action
of the Governing Bodies of such municipalities.

§ 15.1-13888. FACILITY SITES—Any municipality may acquire a
facility site by gift, purchase or lease and may transfer any facility site to
an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be authorized by a
resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission
of the question to the voters and without regard to the requirements,
restrictions, limitations or other provisions contained in any other
general, special or local law. Such facility sites may be located within
or Plt or partially within or without the municipality creating the
authority.

§ 15.1-1889. PROVISIONS CUMULATIVE—Neither this chapter
nor anything herein contained shall be construed as a restriction or limi-
tation upon any powers which the authority might otherwise have under
any laws of this Commonwealth, but shall be construed as cumulative of
any such powers. No proceedings, notice or approval shall be required for
the organization of the authority or the issuance of any bonds or any in-
strument as security therefor, except as herein provided, any other law
to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that nothing herein shall be
construed to deprive the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions of
their respective police powers over properties of the authority or to impair
any power thereover of any official or agency of the Commonwealth
and its political subdivisions which may be otherwise provided by law.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize the au-
thority to occupy or use any land, streets, buildings, structures or other
property of any kind, owned or used by any political subdivision within
its jurisdiction, or any public improvement or facility maintained by such
political subdivision for the use of its inhabitants, without first obtaining
the consent of the governing body thereof.

§ 15.1-1390. POWERS—PROVISIONS SEVERABLE—The pow-
ers granted and the duties imposed in this chapter shall be construed to
be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, or parts of any of this chapter shall be adjudged unconstitu-
tional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid. Any pro-
vision of this chapter which is found to be in conflict with any other
statute or charter shall be controlling and shall supersede such other
statute or charter to the extent of such conflict.

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