Hopewell, City of; amending charter, membership of Hopewell Water Renewal Commission., the official text

CHAPTER 492
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, § 2, and § 3, as amended, of Chapter XXV (A.1) of Chapter 431 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, which provided a charter for the City of Hopewell, relating to the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission.
[S 289]
Approved April 8, 2026

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1, as amended, § 2, and § 3, as amended, of Chapter XXV (A.1) of Chapter 431 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. Created; general function; composition; appointment and terms of members.
There shall be a regional wastewater treatment facility commission which shall be known as the Hopewell Water Renewal Commission (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Commission"), which shall act on behalf of the City of Hopewell as hereinafter provided, with respect to a regional wastewater treatment facility owned by the City of Hopewell to provide treatment for disposal of sanitary and industrial waste from the City of Hopewell and vicinity. The Commission shall consist of up to nine members, who need not be residents of the city, and who shall be appointed by a majority of city council. Up to [six] seven members shall be from nominees submitted by [manufacturers] users (each [nominating] [with] [respect] [to] user may nominate one [membership] member) which provide assistance in the planning and financing for the regional wastewater treatment facility or which are or will be users of said facility. Each new nominating [manufacturer] user, meaning [manufacturers] users or their predecessors having not previously submitted nominations to the Commission, shall provide a reasonable, market-based capital contribution [in] [an] [amount] [determined], based on expected facility usage and consistent with the net present value of the existing users' prior capital contributions, agreed to by the city council upon recommendation by the Commission. [Three] Two additional members shall be a city councilor[,] and the city manager[,] [and] [the] [city] [attorney]. Any vacancy in the appointive membership of the Commission, however occurring, shall be promptly filled by the city council for the unexpired term in the same manner and from the same source as the original appointment to the vacated position.
§ 2. Governance.
The City of Hopewell may contract with manufacturers as provided in § 1 above for appointment of members of the Commission from the nominees of such manufacturers and for maintenance of their majority representation. Any such contract within the scope of this chapter shall be valid and enforceable.
Every action taken or decision made by the Commission, in addition to requiring agreement by a majority of its members, shall require agreement by either the city manager or the member of city council to be effective.
§ 3. Powers and duties.
The Commission shall [help] be authorized and [assist] [in] empowered to review and direct the financing, design, construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and expansion of the facility. [The] [Commission] [shall] [exercise] [full] [authority] [and] [responsibility] [in] [the] [operation,] [maintenance,] [improvement] [and] [repair] [of] [the] [facility,] [subject,] [however,] [to] [overrule] [of] [any] [of] [its] [actions] [by] [the] [city] [council.] [The] [Commission] [shall] [have] [such] [further] [duties] [as] [the] [city] [council] [may] [from] [time] [to] [time] [direct.]