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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 693 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. Unfortunately, the 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 462; in 1962, chapter 605; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207259,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62098,"identifier":"33.2-2201","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2201","url":"\/33.2-2201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2201\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/22\/33.2-2201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District<\/span> is hereby created as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The District<\/span> shall comprise the area included in the boundaries of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton; within the corporate limits of the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach; and the area of Chesapeake Bay between these political subdivisions. This entity may sue and be sued under the name Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District<\/span>. Through its governing board<\/span>, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission<\/span>, the District<\/span> may plead and be impleaded and contract<\/span> with individuals, partnerships, associations, private corporations, municipal corporations, political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and the federal government or any agency thereof having any interest or title in and to property, rights, easements, or franchises authorized to be acquired by this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE AND TUNNEL DISTRICT (\u00a7 33.2-2201)\n\nThe Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District is hereby created as a political\nsubdivision of the Commonwealth. The District shall comprise the area included\nin the boundaries of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton; within the\ncorporate limits of the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk,\nPortsmouth, and Virginia Beach; and the area of Chesapeake Bay between these\npolitical subdivisions. This entity may sue and be sued under the name\nChesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District. Through its governing board, the\nChesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, the District may plead and be\nimpleaded and contract with individuals, partnerships, associations, private\ncorporations, municipal corporations, political subdivisions of the\nCommonwealth, and the federal government or any agency thereof having any\ninterest or title in and to property, rights, easements, or franchises\nauthorized to be acquired by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 693; 1956, c. 462; 1962, c. 605; 2014, c. 805.","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}}