                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORITY (§ 33.2-3308)

In addition to other powers herein granted, the Authority shall have the
following duties and responsibilities:

1. General oversight of Williamsburg area programs involving mass transit or
congestion mitigation;

2. Long-range transit planning in the Williamsburg area, both financially
constrained and financially unconstrained;

3. Recommending to state, regional, and federal agencies regional transit
priorities, including public-private transit projects and funding allocations;

4. Allocating to priority regional transit projects any funds made available to
the Authority and, at the discretion of the Authority, directly overseeing such
projects;

5. Recommending to the Commonwealth Transportation Board priority regional
transit projects for receipt of federal and state funds;

6. Serving as an advocate for the transit needs of the Williamsburg area before
the state and federal governments;

7. Applying to and negotiating with the government of the United States, the
Commonwealth, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for grants and any other
funds available to carry out the purposes of this chapter and receiving,
holding, accepting, and administering from any source gifts, bequests, grants,
aid, or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be
held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this chapter subject,
however, to any conditions upon which gifts, bequests, grants, aid, or
contributions are made. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift,
bequest, or grant, the Authority may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of
such money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to it in
furtherance of its purposes.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 179, § 15.2-6809; 2015, c. 256.