                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY CREATED (§ 33.2-3300)

There is hereby created a political subdivision of the Commonwealth known as the
Williamsburg Area Transit Authority, hereinafter known as &#8220;the
Authority.&#8221;
		In addition to such other powers vested in the Authority by this chapter, the
Authority shall have the following powers and functions:

1. The Authority shall prepare a regional transit plan for all or a portion of
the areas located within the jurisdictional boundaries of each member locality.
The regional transit plan may include all or portions of those areas within the
City of Williamsburg, the County of James City and such portions of York County
as its governing body desires to have covered, and the areas owned or operated
by the College of William and Mary in Virginia and the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, including transit improvements of regional significance, and those
improvements necessary or incidental thereto, and the Authority shall from time
to time revise and amend the plan.

2. The Authority may, when a transit plan is adopted according to subdivision 1,
construct or acquire, by purchase, lease, contract, or otherwise, the transit
facilities specified in such transit plan.

3. The Authority may enter into agreements or leases with public or private
entities for the operation of its facilities, or may operate such facilities
itself.

4. The Authority may enter into contracts or agreements with the counties and
cities embraced by the Authority, with other transit commissions of
transportation districts adjoining any county or city embraced by the Authority,
with any transportation authority, or with any state, local, private, or federal
entity to provide, or cause to be provided, transit facilities and services to
the area embraced by the Authority. Such contracts or agreements, together with
any agreements or leases for the operation of such facilities, may be used by
the Authority to finance the construction and operation of transit facilities,
and such contracts, agreements, or leases shall inure to the benefit of any
creditor of the Authority.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Authority
may:
			a. Acquire land or any interest therein by purchase, lease, or gift and
provide transit facilities thereon for use in connection with any transit
service;
			b. Acquire land or any interest therein by purchase, lease, or gift in
advance of the need for sale or contribution to an agency, for use by that
agency in connection with an adopted transit plan; or
			c. Prepare a plan for mass transit services with persons, cities, counties,
agencies, authorities, or transportation commissions and may further contract
with any such person or other entity to provide necessary facilities, equipment,
operations and maintenance, access, and insurance pursuant to such plan.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 179, § 15.2-6801; 2015, c. 256.