{"law_id":"773129","section_number":"15.2-6608","catch_line":"Rules, regulations, and minimum standards","history":"2002, c. 766.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-6608\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/15.2-6608\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6608","structure":{"1":{"id":"1427","name":"Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act","identifier":"66","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/66\/"},"2":{"id":"47","name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/"},"3":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"773129","structure_id":"1427","full_text":" The Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules, regulations, and minimum standards, for the use, maintenance, and operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its facilities.Unless the Authority shall by unanimous vote of the board of directors determine that an emergency exists, the Authority shall, prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification thereof:\r\r The Authority’s rules and regulations relating to: (i) traffic, including but not limited to motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and charges for public parking; (ii) access to Authority facilities, including but not limited to solicitation, handbilling, and picketing; and (iii) site management and maintenance shall have the force of law, as shall any other rule or regulation of the Authority, which shall contain a determination by the Authority that it is necessary to accord the same force and effect of law in the interest of the public safety. However, with respect to motor vehicle traffic rules and regulations, the Authority shall obtain the approval of the appropriate official of the political subdivision in which such rules or regulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of the Authority relating to motor vehicle traffic shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed on the public roads of the participating political subdivision in which such violation occurred. All other violations of the rules and regulations having the force of law shall be punishable as misdemeanors.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2492422","text":"The Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules, regulations, and minimum standards, for the use, maintenance, and operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its facilities.Unless the Authority shall by unanimous vote of the board of directors determine that an emergency exists, the Authority shall, prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification thereof:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1},"1":{"id":"2492423","text":" Make such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification in convenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Authority for at least ten days; and","type":"section","prefixes":["","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":2},"2":{"id":"2492424","text":" Post in a public place a notice declaring the board of directors’ intention to consider adopting such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification and informing the public that the Authority will at a public meeting consider the adoption of such rule or regulation or such alteration, amendment, or modification, on a day and at a time to be specified in the notice, after the expiration of at least ten days from the first day of the posting of the notice thereof. 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However, with respect to motor vehicle traffic rules and regulations, the Authority shall obtain the approval of the appropriate official of the political subdivision in which such rules or regulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of the Authority relating to motor vehicle traffic shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed on the public roads of the participating political subdivision in which such violation occurred. All other violations of the rules and regulations having the force of law shall be punishable as misdemeanors.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"1427","name":"Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act","identifier":"66","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/66\/"},"2":{"id":"47","name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/"},"3":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"793142","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6600","catch_line":"Title","url":"\/15.2-6600\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6600"},"1":{"id":"778098","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6601","catch_line":"Creation; public purpose","url":"\/15.2-6601\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6601"},"2":{"id":"767579","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6602","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-6602\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6602"},"3":{"id":"782590","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6603","catch_line":"Participating political subdivision","url":"\/15.2-6603\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6603"},"4":{"id":"790760","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6604","catch_line":"Appointment of a board of directors","url":"\/15.2-6604\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6604"},"5":{"id":"793159","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6605","catch_line":"Organization","url":"\/15.2-6605\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6605"},"6":{"id":"766376","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6606","catch_line":"Powers","url":"\/15.2-6606\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6606"},"7":{"id":"785633","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6607","catch_line":"Name of authority","url":"\/15.2-6607\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6607"},"8":{"id":"773129","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6608","catch_line":"Rules, regulations, and minimum standards","url":"\/15.2-6608\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6608"},"9":{"id":"773018","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6609","catch_line":"Reports","url":"\/15.2-6609\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6609"},"10":{"id":"779940","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6610","catch_line":"Procurement","url":"\/15.2-6610\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6610"},"11":{"id":"795826","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6611","catch_line":"Deposit and investment of funds","url":"\/15.2-6611\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6611"},"12":{"id":"776598","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6612","catch_line":"Authority to issue bonds","url":"\/15.2-6612\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6612"},"13":{"id":"780325","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6613","catch_line":"Fees, rents, and charges","url":"\/15.2-6613\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6613"},"14":{"id":"778423","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6614","catch_line":"Credit of Commonwealth and political subdivisions not pledged","url":"\/15.2-6614\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6614"},"15":{"id":"775938","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6615","catch_line":"Directors and persons executing bonds not liable thereon","url":"\/15.2-6615\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6615"},"16":{"id":"783082","structure_id":"1427","section_number":"15.2-6616","catch_line":"Security for payment of bonds; 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Make such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification in\n   convenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Authority\n   for at least ten days; and\n\n   2.  Post in a public place a notice declaring the board of directors’\n   intention to consider adopting such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or\n   modification and informing the public that the Authority will at a public\n   meeting consider the adoption of such rule or regulation or such alteration,\n   amendment, or modification, on a day and at a time to be specified in the\n   notice, after the expiration of at least ten days from the first day of the\n   posting of the notice thereof. The Authority’s rules and regulations\n   shall be available for public inspection in the Authority’s principal\n   office.\n\nThe Authority’s rules and regulations relating to: (i) traffic, including\nbut not limited to motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and charges\nfor public parking; (ii) access to Authority facilities, including but not\nlimited to solicitation, handbilling, and picketing; and (iii) site management\nand maintenance shall have the force of law, as shall any other rule or\nregulation of the Authority, which shall contain a determination by the\nAuthority that it is necessary to accord the same force and effect of law in the\ninterest of the public safety. However, with respect to motor vehicle traffic\nrules and regulations, the Authority shall obtain the approval of the\nappropriate official of the political subdivision in which such rules or\nregulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of the\nAuthority relating to motor vehicle traffic shall be tried and punished in the\nsame manner as if it had been committed on the public roads of the participating\npolitical subdivision in which such violation occurred. All other violations of\nthe rules and regulations having the force of law shall be punishable as\nmisdemeanors.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 766."}