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The procedure for such election shall conform to general law. The provisions of this section shall not affect or impair the provisions of \u00a7 36-19.1, nor shall they apply to such low rent public housing units determined by the governing body of the city as necessary for the satisfactory relocation of families to be displaced by the city’s urban renewal program.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219783,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 36-19, no authority established in the City of Portsmouth shall make any cooperation agreement with the governing body of the city for any public housing project that is not authorized or approved by the governing body of the city on or before July 1, 1960, unless a cooperation agreement for such public housing project has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting in an election called by the governing body of the city for such purpose. The procedure for such election shall conform to general law. 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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 490 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1975, chapter 575.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83308,"section_number":"36-19","catch_line":"Enumeration of powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-19\/"},{"id":83656,"section_number":"36-19.1","catch_line":"Special provisions; City of Roanoke","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-19.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60046,"identifier":"36-19.4","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-19.4","url":"\/36-19.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-19.4\/","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-19.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Referendum prior to making cooperation agreements for public housing projects in the City of Portsmouth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-19.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 36-19<\/a>, no authority<\/span> established in the City<\/span> of Portsmouth shall make any cooperation agreement with the governing body of the city<\/span> for any public housing project<\/span> that is not authorized or approved by the governing body of the city<\/span> on or before July 1, 1960, unless a cooperation agreement for such public housing project<\/span> has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city<\/span> voting in an election called by the governing body of the city<\/span> for such purpose. The procedure for such election shall conform to general law<\/span>. The provisions of this section shall not affect or impair the provisions of \u00a7 36-19.1<\/a>, nor shall they apply to such low rent public housing units determined by the governing body of the city<\/span> as necessary for the satisfactory relocation of families to be displaced by the city<\/span>’s urban renewal program.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFERENDUM PRIOR TO MAKING COOPERATION AGREEMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS IN\nTHE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH (\u00a7 36-19.4)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 36-19, no authority established in the City\nof Portsmouth shall make any cooperation agreement with the governing body of\nthe city for any public housing project that is not authorized or approved by\nthe governing body of the city on or before July 1, 1960, unless a cooperation\nagreement for such public housing project has been approved by a majority of the\nqualified voters of the city voting in an election called by the governing body\nof the city for such purpose. The procedure for such election shall conform to\ngeneral law. The provisions of this section shall not affect or impair the\nprovisions of \u00a7 36-19.1, nor shall they apply to such low rent public housing\nunits determined by the governing body of the city as necessary for the\nsatisfactory relocation of families to be displaced by the city’s urban\nrenewal program.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 490; 1975, c. 575.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}