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The Authority’s rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection in the Authority’s principal office.\n\t\t\tThe 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. 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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 766<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":160359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61937,"identifier":"15.2-6608","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6608","url":"\/15.2-6608\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6608\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66\/15.2-6608","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rules, regulations, and minimum standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6608","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend<\/span>, 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.\n\t\tUnless 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:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> 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. The Authority’s rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection in the Authority’s principal office.\n\t\t\tThe 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<\/span>, 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<\/span> 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<\/span> shall be punishable as misdemeanors<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRULES, REGULATIONS, AND MINIMUM STANDARDS (\u00a7 15.2-6608)\n\nThe Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules,\nregulations, and minimum standards, for the use, maintenance, and operation of\nits facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its\nfacilities.\n\t\tUnless the Authority shall by unanimous vote of the board of directors\ndetermine that an emergency exists, the Authority shall, prior to the adoption\nof any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification thereof:\n\n1. Make such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification in\nconvenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Authority\nfor at least ten days; and\n\n2. Post in a public place a notice declaring the board of directors’\nintention to consider adopting such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or\nmodification and informing the public that the Authority will at a public\nmeeting consider the adoption of such rule or regulation or such alteration,\namendment, or modification, on a day and at a time to be specified in the\nnotice, after the expiration of at least ten days from the first day of the\nposting of the notice thereof. The Authority’s rules and regulations shall\nbe available for public inspection in the Authority’s principal office.\n\t\t\tThe Authority’s rules and regulations relating to: (i) traffic,\nincluding but not limited to motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and\ncharges for public parking; (ii) access to Authority facilities, including but\nnot limited to solicitation, handbilling, and picketing; and (iii) site\nmanagement and maintenance shall have the force of law, as shall any other rule\nor regulation 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.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}