                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS OF REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (§ 36-46)

Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and the
commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional
housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges,
immunities and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities
or counties and the commissioners of such housing authorities, and all the
provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities or
counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to
regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof; provided, that for
such purposes, the term &#8220;mayor&#8221; or &#8220;governing body&#8221; as
used in this Housing Authorities Law shall be construed as meaning &#8220;board
of supervisors,&#8221; unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
context; and provided further that a regional housing authority, with respect to
housing projects for farmers of low income, shall not be subject to the
limitations provided in clause (c) of § 36-22. A regional housing authority
shall have power to select any appropriate corporate name.

HISTORY: 1942, p. 322; Michie Code 1942, § 3145(4g).