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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59289</law_id><section_number>15.2-1725.1</section_number><catch_line>Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Police and Public Order</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Interjurisdictional Law-Enforcement Authority and Agreements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purposes of local public safety regulatory authority and enforcement, the territorial limits of the <span class="dictionary">City</span> of Virginia Beach shall extend from its coastal shorelines, the coastal shorelines of Camp Pendleton, the coastal shorelines of First Landing State Park, and the coastal shorelines of False Cape State Park in a perpendicular direction for three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay waters. This territorial <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> shall be concurrent with the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commonwealth. No <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> enacted under this authority shall conflict with the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies. This authority shall not extend to the regulatory authority held by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Jurisdiction of Commission" href="/28.2-101/">28.2-101</a>.</p></section></text><history>2012, c. 809.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
