                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION; ENFORCEMENT (§ 33.2-2205)

The Commission shall have power:

1. To adopt and enforce reasonable regulations that, after publication one time
in full in a newspaper of general circulation published in or having general
circulation in the City of Virginia Beach and a newspaper of general circulation
published in or having general circulation in the County of Northampton and when
posted where the using public may conveniently see such regulations, shall have
the force and effect of law as to (i) maximum and minimum speed limits
applicable to motor vehicles using the project and other property under control
of the Commission; (ii) the types, kinds, and sizes of the vehicles that may use
the project; (iii) the nature, size, type, or kind of materials or substances
that shall not be transported through or over the project; and (iv) such other
regulations as may be necessary or expedient in the interest of public safety
with respect to the use of the project.

2. To punish a violation of the regulations provided for in subdivision 1 as
follows:
			a. If a violation would have been a violation of law or ordinance if
committed on any public street or highway in the locality in which such
violation occurred, it shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it
had been committed on such public street or highway.
			b. If a violation occurs within one jurisdiction and is punishable within
another jurisdiction, the court trying the case shall, if the accused is found
guilty, apply the punishment that is prescribed for offenses occurring within
the jurisdiction of the court trying the case.
			c. All other violations shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

3. To appoint and employ police to enforce within the area under the control of
the Commission the regulations adopted by the Commission and the laws of the
Commonwealth. Such police shall have the powers vested in police officers under
&#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-1704 and 52-8, which sections shall apply, mutatis mutandis,
to police appointed pursuant to this chapter.
			Such police appointed by the Commission may issue summons to appear, or
arrest on view or on information without warrant as permitted by law, within the
jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, and conduct before any police or county court
of any political subdivision into which the project extends any person
violating, within or upon the project or other property under the control of the
Commission, any rule or regulation of the Commission or any law of the
Commonwealth pertaining to the regulation and control of highway traffic on any
bridge or tunnel owned or operated by the Commission, including all entrance or
exit plazas and approaches adjacent or appurtenant thereto and any rule or
regulation regarding the payment of tolls.

4. For the purpose of enforcing such laws and regulations, the courts of the
City of Virginia Beach and the County of Northampton have concurrent
jurisdiction of criminal offenses that constitute violations of the laws and
regulations of the Commission.

HISTORY: 1954, c. 693; 1962, c. 228; 1964, c. 348; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256.