Legal Opinion
County of York v. Peninsula Airport Commission
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 10, 1988No. Record No. 850873PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
The dispositive issue framed in this appeal is whether the Peninsula Airport Commission (PAC) is a political subdivision within the meaning of Article X, Section 6(a), of the Virginia Constitution and former Code § 58-12(1) (now, Code § 58.1-*4793606) and, as such, exempt from taxation by the County of York (the County).
By Acts 1946, c. 22, the General Assembly provided that, if any two or more of the counties of Warwick, Elizabeth City, and York, the cities of Newport News and Hampton, and the town of Phoebus resolve “that there is need for an airport commission to be created for the purpose…
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