Bill Text: VA HB637 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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-Prefiled.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.