CHAPTER 348

An Act to amend and reenact § 7-A of Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly
of 1954, known both as the “Chesapeake Bay Ferry Revenue Bond Act’
and as the “Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Revenue Bond Act,”
the section relating to the police powers of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry
Commission, now known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel
Commission, the jurisdiction and trial of certain cases, and the dis-
position of fines collected therefrom.

(S 304]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §7-A of Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, be amended
and reenacted, as follows:

§ 7-A. Incidental powers of the Commission. Without in any manner
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 * 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 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 punishable
as follows:

(1) If such a violation would have been a violation of law or ordinance
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 public
road, street, highway or turnpike.

If such violation occurs within one jurisdiction and is punishable
within another jurisdiction, the court trying the case shall, if the accused
is found guilty, apply that punishment that is prescribed for offenses
occurring within the jurisdiction of the court trying the case.

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

(c) To appoint and employ policemen to enforce within the area under
the contro] 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 * courts * of the city of Virginia Beach and the county of Northampton
shall be deemed to have concurrent jurisdiction of criminal offenses that
constitute violations of the laws, rules and regulations of the Commission.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.