The joint committees were directed by House Joint Resolution No. 161 to study air rights over governmental property and report their findings.  

The respective Committees appointed the following members to conduct the study on their behalf:

From the Committee of Counties, Cities and Towns of the House of Delegates:

C. Richard Cranwell of Vinton;
Clinton Miller of Woodstock; and
Robert E. Washington of Norfolk.

From the Committee on Local Government of the Senate of Virginia:

Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., of Alexandria;
Nathan H. Miller of Harrisonburg;
Frank W. Nolen of New Hope; and
J. Lewis Rawls, Jr., of Suffolk.

From the Committee on Courts of Justice for the House of Delegates:

James F. Almand of Arlington;
Floyd C. Bagley of Dumfries; and
Richard R. G. Hobson of Fairfax.

From the Committee on Courts of Justice. for the Senate of Virginia:

Hunter B. Andrews of Hampton; and Willard J. Moody of Portsmouth.

Members of the Joint Subcommittees elected Delegate James F. Almand chairman of the study. The Joint Subcommittee wishes to express its appreciation to the personnel of the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Highways and Transportation for their assistance to the Joint Subcommittee in its deliberations.