CHAPTER 228

An Act to amend Chapter 698, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of
1954, approved April 7, 1954, known as the “Chesapeake Bay Ferry
Revenue Bond Act’, by adding a section numbered 7-A, relating to the
police powers of the Commission, the jurisdiction and trial of certain
cases and the disposition of fines collected therefrom.

[H 364]
Approved March 10, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 693, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, ap-
proved April 7, 1954, be amended by adding a section numbered 7-A, as
ollows:

§ 7-A. Incidental powers of the Commission.—Without in any man-
ner limiting the general powers granted by this act, the Commission shall
have power:

(a) To adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations which
after publication one time in full in a newspaper of general circulation
published in or having general circulation in the county of Princess Anne
and a newspaper of general circulation published in or having general cir-
culation in the county of Northampton and when posted where the using
public may conveniently see the same, shall have the force and effect of
law as to (1) maximum and minimum speed limits applicable to motor
vehicles using such project and other property under control of the Com-
mission, (2) the types, kinds and sizes of the vehicles which may use such
project, (3) the nature, size, type or kind of materials or substances which
shall not be transported through or over such project, and (4) such other
rules and regulations as may be necessary or expedient in the interest of
public safety with respect to the use of such project.

(b) The violation of any such rules and regulations shall be punish-
able as follows:

(1) If such a violation would have been a violation of law or ordi-
nance if committed on any public road, street, highway or turnpike in the
county or municipality in which such violation occurred, it shall be tried
and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed on such pub-
lic road, street, highway or turnpike.

(2) All other violations shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.

(c) To appoint and employ policemen to enforce within the area
under the control of the Commission the rules and regulations adopted by
the Commission and the laws of this Commonwealth. Such police shall
have the powers vested in police officers under § 15-557 and § 52-8 of the
Code of Virginia which sections shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to police
appointed under this Act.

Such policemen 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 this State, 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 this Commonwealth pertaining to the regulation and control
of highway traffic on any bridge or tunnel owned or operated by the Com-
mission including all entrance or exit plazas and approaches adjacent or
appurtenant thereto, and also including, but not limited to, any rule or
regulation regarding the payment of tolls.

(d) For the purpose of enforcing such laws, rules and regulations,
the court or courts having jurisdiction for the trial of criminal offenses of
the political subdivision within whose boundaries any crime is committed
shall have jurisdiction to try any person charged with the violation of any
such laws, rules and regulations within such boundaries; if the situs of
the offense is not known the trial shall be held in a court of competent
jurisdiction in any political subdivision into which the project extends.
Fines and costs assessed and collected for violation of any regulation,
statute or ordinance not being a law adopted by the General Assembly or
promulgated by a State agency under authority thereof shall be paid to
the court trying such case for the benefit of the political subdivision where-
In such court is located; provided that fines and costs assessed for viola-
tion of any criminal law of the State, Title 46.1 of the Code, or any other
State law, or regulation promulgated by a State agency shall be paid into
the Literary Fund.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.