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SENATE BILL NO. 220 Offered January 9, 2002 Prefiled January 8, 2002 A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.07, as amended, of Chapter 536 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, which provided a charter for the City of Alexandria, and to amend Chapter 536 by adding sections numbered 2.04.3, 5.29 and 5.30, relating to the redevelopment and housing authority, council meetings, recordation tax, and real estate devoted to open space. ---------- Patrons-- Ticer; Delegates: Darner, Moran and Van Landingham ---------- Referred to Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 3.07, as amended, of Chapter 536 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 is amended and reenacted and that Chapter 536 is amended by adding sections numbered 2.04.3, 5.29 and 5.30 as follows:

§ 2.04.3. Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority board of directors.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, the council may, by ordinance adopted from time to time, alter from between seven and nine the number of members comprising the board of directors of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

§ 3.07. Induction of Members.

The council members in office at the time this charter takes effect shall continue in office through the thirtieth of June, 1952, or until their successors shall have been elected and take office. The first meeting of a newly elected council shall take place at 7:30 P.M. on the first day of July following their election, or if such day shall fall on Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next business day following the fourth day of July.

§ 5.29. City recordation tax.

In addition to the state and local recordation tax imposed or authorized by Title 58.1, the council may impose by ordinance and levy an additional city recordation tax in an amount up to two-thirds of the amount of state recordation tax. No tax shall be levied pursuant to such ordinance when the state recordation tax imposed under the Virginia Recordation Tax Act (§ 58.1-800 et seq.), of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, is fifty cents or greater. Any amount collected attributable to the maximum recordation tax authorized pursuant to this section, above the maximum local recordation tax authorized under general law, shall be used exclusively for acquisition or preservation of open space land as defined in the ordinance, or the acquisition of development rights to real property for the purpose of acquiring or preserving open space land. No increase in the maximum authorized recordation tax pursuant to this section above that authorized under general law shall be effective until the increase shall have been approved by referendum by the qualified voters of the city, as provided in § 3.13 of this charter.

§ 5.30. Calculation of real estate area devoted to open space use.

The council may provide by ordinance that, in calculating the area of land categorized as real estate devoted to open space use pursuant to § 58.1-3230 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the director of real estate assessments shall round the amount of land otherwise eligible for such categorization, of one-quarter of an acre but less than two acres in size, to two acres.