                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INCIDENTAL POWERS OF THE BOARD (§ 33.2-1726)

The Board may make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or
incidental to the execution of its powers under this chapter and may employ
engineering, architectural, and construction experts and inspectors, brokers,
and such other employees as may be deemed necessary, who shall be paid such
compensation as may be provided in accordance with law. All such compensation
and all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall
be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, and no
liability or obligation shall be incurred pursuant to this chapter beyond the
extent to which money has been provided under the authority of this chapter. The
Board may exercise any powers that are necessary or convenient for the execution
of its powers under this chapter.
		The Board shall maintain and keep in good condition and repair, or cause to be
maintained and kept in good condition and repair, the projects authorized under
this chapter, when acquired or constructed and opened to traffic, including any
project or part thereof that may include portions of existing streets or roads
within a county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
		The Board is authorized and empowered to establish regulations for the use of
any one or more of the projects defined in § 33.2-1700, as amended, including
reasonable regulations relating to (i) maximum and minimum speed limits
applicable to motor vehicles using such project, any other provision of law to
the contrary notwithstanding; (ii) the types, kinds, and sizes of vehicles that
may use such projects; (iii) the nature, size, type of materials, or substances
that shall not be transported over such project; and (iv) such other matters as
may be necessary or expedient in the interest of public safety with respect to
the use of such project, provided that as to the project authorized under the
terms of subdivision 5 of the definition of &#8220;project&#8221; in §
33.2-1700, the provisions of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) shall not apply
to existing streets within a municipality and embraced by such project, except
as may be otherwise agreed upon by the Board and the municipality.
		The projects acquired or constructed under this chapter may be policed in
whole or in part by State Police officers even though all or some portions of
any such projects lie within the corporate limits of a municipality or other
political subdivision. Such officers shall be under the exclusive control and
direction of the Superintendent of State Police and shall be responsible for the
preservation of public peace, prevention of crime, apprehension of criminals,
protection of the rights of persons and property, and enforcement of the laws
and regulations of the Commonwealth within the limits of any such projects. All
other police officers of the Commonwealth and of each locality or other
political subdivision through which any project, or portion thereof, extends
shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of such projects
as they have beyond such limits and shall have access to the projects at any
time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction.
		The Board is authorized and empowered to employ and appoint &#8220;project
guards&#8221; for the purpose of protecting the projects and to enforce the
regulations of the Board, except those paralleling state law, established for
the use of such projects. Such guards may issue summons to appear or arrest on
view without warrant and conduct before the nearest officer authorized by law to
admit to bail any persons violating, within or upon the projects, any such rule
or regulation. The provisions of §§ 46.2-936 and 46.2-940 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the issuance of summons or arrests without warrants pursuant to this
section.
		The violation of any regulation adopted by the Board pursuant to the authority
hereby granted shall be punishable as follows: If such violation would have been
a violation of law if committed on any public street or highway in the county,
city, or town in which such violation occurred, it shall be punishable in the
same manner as if it had been committed on such public road, street, or highway;
otherwise it shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
		The powers and duties of the Board enumerated in this chapter shall not be
construed as a limitation of the general powers or duties of the Board. The
Board, in addition to the powers and duties enumerated in this chapter, shall do
and perform any and all things and acts necessary in the construction or
acquisition, maintenance, and operation of any project to be constructed or
acquired under the provisions of this chapter, to the end that such project may
become and be operated free of tolls as early as possible and practicable,
subject only to the express limitations of this chapter and the limitations of
other laws and constitutional provisions applicable thereto.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-252; 1956, c. 158; 1958, c. 583; 1970, c. 322, §
33.1-292; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256.