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1997 SESSION
977330297Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.02, as amended, of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 is amended and reenacted and that such chapter is amended by adding a chapter numbered 19A, consisting of sections numbered 19A.01, 19A.02 and 19A.03, as follows:
§ 18.02. The city is hereby authorized to acquire by condemnation
proceedings lands, buildings, structures and personal property or any interest,
right, easement or estate therein, of any person or corporation, whenever in
the opinion of the council a public necessity exists therefor, including,
but not limited to, purposes set forth in the Code of Virginia, and for the
public purpose of [ clearance, replanning, rehabilitation, and
reconstruction of areas retrieving, rehabilitating, and
redeveloping lands within the city which are ] necessary for the
public welfare, public uses and public purposes [ , including
inducing commercial and industrial redevelopment, ] which shall be
expressed in the resolution or ordinance directing such acquisition, and
whenever the city cannot agree on terms of purchase or settlement with the
owners of the subject of such acquisition because of the incapacity of such
owner, or because of the inability to agree on the compensation to be paid or
other terms of settlement or purchase, or because the owner or some one of the
owners is a nonresident of the State or cannot with reasonable diligence be
found in the State, or is unknown.
Such proceedings shall be instituted in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
§ 19A.01. Industrial Development Authority.
The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Falls Church, Virginia, shall be continued in full force and effect, and nothing in this charter shall in any way limit, change, or modify any existing obligations, agreements or contractual arrangements of such authority.
§ 19A.02. Economic Development Authority.
The City of Falls Church Economic Development Authority shall be continued in full force and effect, and nothing in this charter shall in any way limit, change, or modify any existing obligations, agreements or contractual arrangements of such authority.
§ 19A.03. Powers, etc.
The Industrial Development Authority of Falls Church, Virginia, and the Falls Church Economic Development Authority shall have all powers, authority and obligations as are provided by state law and such other duties assigned by the city council not inconsistent therewith.