Bill Text: VA HB637 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Bristol, City of; amending charter, dissolves economic development committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320) [HB637 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB637-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §8.07 of Chapter 542 of the Acts of Assembly of 1990 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§8.07. Economic development committee Industrial
Development Authority.
There shall be a Bristol, Virginia economic development
committee consisting of seven members, two of whom shall be members of the city
council, two of whom shall be appointed from the members of the Bristol,
Virginia, utility board, and three of whom shall be at-large members appointed
from among the residents of the City of Bristol, Virginia, by city council. The
city manager, city attorney, utilities board general manager and utility board
attorney shall be ex officio members of the committee with a voice but no vote.
The term of office of the two councilmanic members of the
board shall be coincident with their terms of office; the terms of the two
utility board members shall be coincident with their terms of office and the
other three members shall serve a term of three years. The three members shall
not be eligible for appointment to more than two successive terms. The adoption
of this charter shall not affect the terms of any current member of the
Bristol, Virginia, economic development committee, and each shall serve out his
term as heretofore provided.
The Bristol, Virginia, economic development committee shall
develop and encourage development of industrial sites within and without the
City of Bristol, Virginia, develop a close working relationship with the
Virginia Department of Industrial Development and with the Tri-city Area
Industrial Commission, directly pursue the location of business and industry
within and without the City of Bristol, Virginia, and encourage and facilitate
the expansion of existing businesses within the city.
The committee shall have all the powers necessary to effect
the purpose as set forth herein, including, but not limited to, the
establishment of objectives and the policies to achieve such purpose, the
selection and employment of an executive director and such other employees and
staff as from time to time may be approved by city council and to provide
general guidance and oversight of the activities of the Bristol, Virginia
utility board and the City of Bristol, Virginia city council in the area of
economic development.
The economic development committee of Bristol, Virginia, is hereby dissolved. The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Bristol, Virginia, shall have all the powers to induce manufacturing, industrial, and commercial enterprises to locate or remain in the City of Bristol, Virginia, as authorized by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act (§15.2-4900 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), as amended, and shall specifically have all powers vested in the former economic development committee for the City of Bristol, Virginia.
