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CH. 1"] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 213 during the applkable tlscal year except pursuant to an attlnnative vote of the same number ot the enUre membership ot the planning dJstrlct commission required to adopt the budget. (4) To make and enter Into aU contracts or agreements, as It may determine, which are necessary or Incidental to tbe perfonnance ot Its duties and to the execution ot the poweJ'l &ranted UDder this chapter. (5) To make application tor and to accept . disburse and administer, for it.seJf or for m_mwr gOWfFnmental subdivisions 80 requesting, loans and grants of money or materials or property at any time from any private or cbarltable source or the United States ot America or the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any agency or Instrumentality thereot. (6) To exercise any power usually possessed by private corporations, Including the right to expend such funds as may be considered by It to be advisable or necessary In the performance of Its duties and functions. (7) To employ englneers, attorneys, planners, such other professional experts and consultants . and SUCb general and clerical employees as may be deemed necessary, and to prescribe their poweJ'l and duties and fix their compensation. (8) To do and perform any acts and things authorized by this cbapter through or by means ot Its OWII officers, agents and employees. or by contracts with any persons. finns or corporations. (9) To execute any and aU Instruments and do and perform any and all acts or thJngs necessary, convenIent or desirable for Its purposes or to carry out the powers expressly given In tbJs cbapter. f 15.1-1405. Purpose ot commission; powers and duties ot local planning commissions not affected; exceptlons.-(a) It sball be the purpose of the planning district Commission to promote the orderly and ettlclent development of the pbyslcal. social and economJc elements ot the dJstrlct by plannln& 8M encouraging and assisting governmental subdivtsJODS to plan for the future and. if reqlU1.Stfld by a member govemmental subdivision or group 01 member governmental subdivisioM and to the extent the commission ltUly elect to act, a.ssisting the subdivisions by carrying out plans and programs for the improwment ami utilization of SQid IIlements . It 8JteH Bel lie tite dtHy eI The commission Moll not, hO_VIIr, haVII a legal obligation to perform the functlons necessary to Implement the plans and poUeles established by It or to furnish govemmenlaJ services to the district. The authority of the commission &haJJ include the power. to the extent the commission may /rom tim4 to time determine, to exercise such po_r when requested to do so.by a mllmb4tr governmental subdivisianor groUp of member governmental subdivisions, to participate in the CTeotion or organization of nonprofit corporatioM to perform functions or operatll programs in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; to perform such functioM and to operat" such programs itself; to contract with nonprofit entities, including local goVttrnments. peT/orming such /uncliOll.$ or operating such programs to provide adminislrat/VII, management. and staff $Upport, accommodatiOll.$ in its ol/ices, ami financial CI88islance: and to provide financial GSSistance. including matching /umls, to ;,,/erdislriet entili_s which peTform gOVf/mmtlntal or quas;.govemmental /uncIIDIU directly benefiting the commi#lOn's district and which aIY organized und.,. authon"ty of the Commonwealth or of the fBdera! government. Nothing hert!in shall be construed to permit thll commission to peT/arm funcliofU, operate programs, or provide Mrvices within and lor a gO_n/Q! subdivision if thll gOVllrning body of that jurisdiction OPp0888 its doing SQ. (oj) No actJon ot a plannIng district commission shall affect the powers 8Dd duties provided to local plannlDl commlssloDS by law. except as a speelal case recognized and approved as such by the General Assembly. two such special cases being the LENOWISCO (Lee, Norton, Wise. Scott, and Big Stone Gap) Planning DistrIct Commission of Southwest VlrglnJa. and tile CUmberland Plateau (Buchanan. Dickenson, Russell and Tazewell) Planning District CornmJsslon. (b) The tollowing functions may be assumed by the LENOWISCO (Lee, NortOl1, Wise, Scott, and Big Slone Gap) Planning District Commission. The authority conferred by this subsectloa Is contingent upon Its ratification by resolution ot the govemJna body ot each member IOvernmental subdlvtslon ot the planning district ThJs shan not apply to any function assumed prior to Janwuy I, 1975. I. To carry out a program ot small stream maintenance tor purposes ot environmental -"-._,..