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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 179<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter 256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57986,"identifier":"33.2-3308","token":"33.2\/IV\/33\/33.2-3308","url":"\/33.2-3308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-3308\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/33\/33.2-3308","dublin_core":{"Title":"Other duties and responsibilities of Authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-3308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to other powers herein granted, the Authority shall have the following duties and responsibilities:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> General oversight of Williamsburg area programs involving mass transit<\/span> or congestion mitigation; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Long-range transit planning in the Williamsburg area, both financially constrained and financially unconstrained; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Recommending to state, regional, and federal agencies regional transit priorities, including public-private transit projects and funding allocations; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Allocating to priority regional transit projects any funds made available to the Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly overseeing such projects; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span> priority regional transit projects for receipt of federal and state funds; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Serving as an advocate for the transit needs of the Williamsburg area before the state and federal governments; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for grants and any other funds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter and receiving, holding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this chapter subject, however, to any conditions upon which gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or contributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift, bequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of such money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to it in furtherance of its purposes. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY (\u00a7 33.2-3308)\n\nIn addition to other powers herein granted, the Authority shall have the\nfollowing duties and responsibilities:\n\n1. General oversight of Williamsburg area programs involving mass transit or\ncongestion mitigation;\n\n2. Long-range transit planning in the Williamsburg area, both financially\nconstrained and financially unconstrained;\n\n3. Recommending to state, regional, and federal agencies regional transit\npriorities, including public-private transit projects and funding allocations;\n\n4. Allocating to priority regional transit projects any funds made available to\nthe Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly overseeing such\nprojects;\n\n5. Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board priority regional\ntransit projects for receipt of federal and state funds;\n\n6. Serving as an advocate for the transit needs of the Williamsburg area before\nthe state and federal governments;\n\n7. Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the\nCommonwealth, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for grants and any other\nfunds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter and receiving,\nholding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts, bequests, grants,\naid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be\nheld, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this chapter subject,\nhowever, to any conditions upon which gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or\ncontributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift,\nbequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of\nsuch money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to it in\nfurtherance of its purposes.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 179, \u00a7 15.2-6809; 2015, c. 256.","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}}