CHAPTER 192

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.02 and 6.05 of Chapter 147 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1962, approved February 28, 1962, as amended,
which provided for a new charter for the city of Virginia Beach.

[H 813]
Approved March 13, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §$ 2.02 and 6.05 of Chapter 147 of the Acts of Assembly of
1962, approved February 28, 1962, as amended, be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 2.02. ADDITIONAL POWERS. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, but in addition thereto, the city of Virginia Beach shall
have the following additional powers:

(a) To spend not exceeding five per centum of its annual revenue from
all sources in advertisement of and giving publicity to its resources and
advantages.

(b) To levy a higher tax in such areas of the city of Virginia Beach
as desire additional or more complete services of government than are
desired in the city as a whole, provided that such higher tax rate shall not
be levied for school, police or general government services but only for
those services which prior to the effective date of this charter were not
offered in all the territory within the boundaries of the city and provided
further that the proceeds from such higher tax rate shall be so segregated
as to enable the same to be expended in the areas in which raised.

(c) To levy a special tax on real property in any borough, sanitary
district or other special taxing district or combination thereof, for a period
of not exceeding twenty years, which may be different from and in ad-
dition to the general tax rate throughout the city, for the purpose of re-
paying indebtedness existing on the effective date of this charter and
chargeable to such borough, sanitary district or other special taxing dis-
trict or combination thereof.

(d) To exercise all powers possessed by the city of Virginia Beach
and Princess Anne County immediately preceding the effective date of
this charter, consistent with general law and not inconsistent with this
charter; provided, however, that except as otherwise specifically provided
in this charter, all laws heretofore applicable to Virginia Beach or Prin-
cess Anne County, respectively, shall continue to apply to the areas there-
tofore comprising such politica] subdivisions, now incorporated under this
charter as a single such subdivision, until otherwise provided by law.

(e) Imposition of special fees. To establish and collect such fees as
may be determined by the council to be reasonable for the rendering of
special services.

§ 6.05. Authority for issuance of bonds. No bonds of the city shall
be issued until their issuance shall have been authorized by an ordinance
adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the coun-
cil and approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified
voters of the city voting on the question at an election called and held for
the purpose in the manner provided by law for submitting any question
or proposition to the electors; provided that bonds issued for a supply of
water or other specific undertaking from which the city may derive a
revenue, as permitted by Section 127(b) of the Constitution, shall be au-
thorized in the manner prescribed therein; provided further, that the
council may issue bonds in any amount or amounts not exceeding two
million dollars in any calendar year for any proper purpose and notes
in anticipation of collection of revenue of the current fiscal year without
submitting the question of their issuance to the voters; and provided
further, that the council may issue bonds in any amount or amounts not
exceeding four * million dollars in any calendar year for water, sewer and
other public utility systems without submitting the question of their issu-
ance to the voters.

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