                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CREATION; PUBLIC PURPOSE (§ 15.2-6627)

If any of the governing bodies of the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland,
Richmond, and Westmoreland by resolution declare that there is a need for a
public access authority to be created and an operating agreement, which shall be
approved by participating localities by ordinance, is developed for the purpose
of establishing or operating a public access authority for any such
participating political subdivisions and that they should unite in the formation
of an authority to be known as the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access
Authority (hereinafter the &#8220;Authority&#8221;), which shall thereupon exist
for such participating counties and towns and shall exercise its powers and
functions as prescribed herein. The region for which such Authority shall exist
shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the participating political
subdivisions. The Authority shall be charged with the following duties:

1. Identify land, either owned by the Commonwealth or private holdings that can
be secured for use by the general public as a public access site;

2. Research and determine ownership of all identified sites;

3. Determine appropriate public use levels of identified access sites;

4. Develop appropriate mechanisms for transferring title of Commonwealth or
private holdings to the Authority;

5. Develop appropriate acquisition and site management plans for public access
usage;

6. Determine which holdings should be sold to advance the mission of the
Authority; and

7. Perform other duties required to fulfill the mission of the Northern Neck
Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority.
			In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of
or relating to any contract of the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access
Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to have been created as a body
corporate and to have been established and authorized to transact business and
exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution as
aforesaid by the participating political subdivisions declaring that there is a
need for such Authority. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerks
of the counties and towns by which it is adopted shall be admissible as evidence
in any suit, action, or proceeding. Any political subdivision of the
Commonwealth is authorized to join such Authority pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this act.
			The ownership and operation by the Authority of any public access sites and
related facilities and the exercise of powers conferred by this act are proper
and essential governmental functions and public purposes and matters of public
necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property acquired.
The Authority is a regional entity of government by or on behalf of which debt
may be contracted by or on behalf of any county or town pursuant to Section 10
(a) of Article VII of the Constitution of Virginia.

HISTORY: 2005, c. 842.