Authority property, (ii) the kinds and sizes of vehicles which may be operated upon Authority property, (iii) materials which shall not he transported through or over Authority property, and (iv) other matters affecting the safety and security of Authority property. Such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law (i) after publication one time in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or county where the affected property is located, and (ii) when posted where the public using such property may conveniently see them. Violation of any rule or regulation which would have been a violation of law or ordinance if committed on a public street or highway shall be tried and punished as if it had been committed on a public street or highway. Any other violation of such rules and regulations shall be punishable as a Class I misdemeanor. (1981, c. 589.)
§62.1-132.11.1. Prevention and suppression of fire. - The Authority may take such steps as necessary, not inconsistent with other provisions of law, to prevent and suppress fires on the waters of Hampton Roads, its tributaries and other waters in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, and on property adjacent to such waters which is accessible to a fire boat. In furtherance of this purpose, the Authority may, out of such funds may become available, purchase, equip, maintain, use, and provide and train a crew or crews for a fire boat or fire boats. (1983, c. 303.)
§62.1-132.12. Employment, jurisdiction, and power of special police officers. - A. The authority may appoint and employ special police officers to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to §62.1-132.11 on Authority property. Such special police officers shall have the powers vested in police officers under §§15.1-138 and 52-8. Such special police officers may issue summons to appear, or arrest on view or on information without warrant as permitted by law, and conduct before the court of the city or county of competent jurisdiction any person violating, upon property under the control of the Authority, any rule or regulation of the Authority, any law of the Commonwealth, or any ordinance or regulation of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth.
B. The court or courts having jurisdiction for the trial of criminal offenses of the city or county wherein the offense was committed shall have jurisdiction to try persons charged with violating any such laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations. Fines and costs assessed or collected for violation of any such law, ordinance, rule, or regulation shall be paid into the Literary Fund. (1981, c. 589.)
§62.1-132.13. Cooperation with federal agencies. - The Authority is empowered to cooperate with, and to act as an agent for, the United States of America or any agency, department, corporation or instrumentality thereof in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of harbors and seaports of the Commonwealth, and in any other matter within the purposes, duties, and powers of the Authority. (1981, c. 589.)
§62.1-132.14. Agreement of local cooperation with Corps of Engineers. - The Authority, in addition to such other state agencies as the Governor may designate, is empowered, on behalf of and as an agent for the Commonwealth, with the approval of the Governor and after review by the Attorney General, to enter into contractual agreements, known as agreements of local cooperation, developed and tendered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for signature by local nonfederal interests. Specifically, the Authority and other agencies designated by the Governor may contract under such agreements:
(1) To provide, free of cost to the United States, the fee simple title to lands, perpetual and/or temporary easements, rights of way and any other interest in lands for cut-off bends, the laying of pipelines, erection of dikes, sluiceways, spillways, dams, drains, deposit of dredged materials, and for other purposes, provided that the conveyance of fee simple title or perpetual easements in subaqueous beds of waterways of the Commonwealth shall require further authorization of the General Assembly;
(2) To alter existing structures on such areas;
(3) To simultaneously dredge designated areas not covered by the federal project when and where required;
(4) To construct and maintain public wharves and public roads leading thereto;
(5) To make contributions in money or property in lieu of providing disposal areas for dredged materials;
(6) To hold the United States safe and harmless against claims for damages arising out of the project or work incident thereto;
(7) To remove sewer pipes and submarine cables;
(8) To construct and maintain marine railways for the public use; and as stipulated in the congressional document covering the particular project involved.
