21-118.3 - Levy and expenditure of taxes in certain counties; validation of expenditures.
§ 21-118.3. Levy and expenditure of taxes in certain counties; validation ofexpenditures.
In addition to the powers granted in § 21-118 of the Code of Virginia, thegoverning body of any county having a population in excess of 30,000 but notin excess of 35,000 and containing two cities of the first class, in which asanitary district has been created pursuant to the provisions of thisarticle, may levy and collect an annual tax upon all the property in suchsanitary district subject to local taxation to pay the whole or any part ofthe cost of construction of a sewerage and/or water supply system in suchdistrict and to pay the costs of preliminary engineering surveys and otherexpenses in connection with the construction of any such system.
Such governing body may expend funds from the general county levy to pay thecosts for which taxes are hereinabove authorized to be levied in anticipationof the collection of such taxes. Should it be determined that a sewerageand/or water supply system in such district is not feasible, or for any otherreason should the same not be constructed, the governing body of said county,after the creation of such district has been ordered, may levy and collect anannual tax upon all the property within the boundaries of such sanitarydistrict subject to local taxation, to reimburse the county's general levyfund for any expenditures advanced therefrom in connection with engineeringsurveys and other expenses in and about the creation of any such district.Any such expenditure made prior to April 3, 1952, is hereby validated.
(1952, c. 555.)