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Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6402. Procedure for creation of authorities.
The governing bodies of any two or more localities within the region, provided that at least two or more of the localities are cities or counties or a combination thereof, may, in conformance with the procedure set forth herein, create a regional industrial facility authority by adopting ordinances proposing to create an authority which shall (i) set forth the name of the proposed regional industrial facility authority (which shall include the words "industrial facility authority"); (ii) name the member localities; (iii) contain findings that the economic growth and development of the locality and the comfort, convenience and welfare of its citizens require the development of facilities and that joint action through a regional industrial facility authority by the localities which are to be members of the proposed authority will facilitate the development of the needed facilities; and (iv) authorize the execution of an agreement establishing the respective rights and obligations of the member localities with respect to the authority consistent with the provisions of this chapter. However, with regard to Planning Districts 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, the governing bodies of any two or more localities within the region, provided that one or more of the localities is a city or county, may adopt such an ordinance. Such ordinances shall be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Upon certification by the Secretary of the Commonwealth that the ordinances required by this chapter have been filed and, upon the basis of the facts set forth therein, satisfy such requirements, the proposed authority shall be and constitute an authority for all of the purposes of this chapter, to be known and designated by the name stated in the ordinances. Upon the issuance of such certificate, the authority shall be deemed to have been lawfully and properly created and established and authorized to exercise its powers under this chapter. Each authority created pursuant to this chapter is hereby created as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. At any time subsequent to the creation of an authority under this chapter, the membership of the authority may, with the approval of the authority's board, be expanded to include any locality within the region that would have been eligible to be an initial member of the authority. The governing body of a locality seeking to become a member of an existing authority shall evidence its intent to become a member by adopting an ordinance proposing to join the authority that conforms, to the extent applicable, to the requirements for an ordinance set forth in clauses (i), (iii), and (iv).

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1712; 1999, cc. 820, 882; 2000, c. 892; 2001, c. 391; 2002, c. 691; 2006, c. 324; 2018, c. 545; 2024, c. 167.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6404. Office of authority; title to property.
Each board shall maintain the principal office of the authority within a member locality. All records shall be kept at such office. The title to all property of every kind belonging to an authority shall be titled to the authority, which shall hold it for the benefit of its member localities.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1714.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6406. Donations to authority; remittance of tax revenue.
A. Member localities are hereby authorized to lend or donate money or other property to an authority for any of its purposes. The member locality making the grant or loan may restrict the use of such grants or loans to a specific facility owned by the authority, within or without that member locality.

B. The governing body of the member locality in which a facility owned by an authority is located may direct, by resolution or ordinance, that all tax revenue collected with respect to the facility shall be remitted to the authority. Such revenues may be used for the payment of debt service on bonds of the authority and other obligations of the authority incurred with respect to such facility. The action of such governing body shall not constitute a pledge of the credit or taxing power of such locality.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1716; 2004, cc. 42, 603, 640.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6407. Revenue sharing agreements.
A. Notwithstanding the requirements of Chapter 34 (§ 15.2-3400 et seq.), the member localities may agree to a revenue and economic growth-sharing arrangement with respect to tax revenues and other income and revenues generated by any facility owned by an authority or a facility owned by a non-authority utilized as part of a cooperative arrangement entered into by an authority promoting economic and workforce development. Such member localities may be located in any jurisdiction participating in the Appalachian Region Interstate Compact or a similar agreement for interstate cooperation for economic and workforce development authorized by law. The obligations of the parties to any such agreement shall not be construed to be debt within the meaning of Article VII, § 10 of the Constitution of Virginia. Any such agreement shall be approved by a majority vote of the governing bodies of the member localities reaching such an agreement but shall not require any other approval.

B. With any such revenue and economic growth-sharing arrangement entered into by localities, the Department of Taxation's calculation of true values as applied to the Commonwealth's composite index of local ability-to-pay shall take into account an agreement whereby a portion of real property tax revenue is initially paid to one locality and redistributed to another locality. Such calculation shall properly apportion the percentage of tax revenue ultimately received by each locality. Each participating locality shall include in reports to the Department of Taxation of its taxable real estate the apportioned fair market value of the property upon which such revenue sharing is based. The Department of Taxation shall collect annually, from each participating locality, the taxable real estate value used to determine and apportion the fair market value of the property adjustments upon which such revenue sharing is based.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1717; 2007, cc. 941, 947; 2019, c. 534; 2022, cc. 230, 231.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6408. Applicability of land use regulations.
In any locality where planning, zoning, and development regulations may apply, an authority shall comply with and is subject to those regulations to the same extent as a private commercial or industrial enterprise.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1718.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6410. Investments in bonds.
Any financial institution, investment company, insurance company or association, and any personal representative, guardian, trustee, or other fiduciary, may legally invest any moneys belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued by an authority.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1720.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6411. Bonds exempt from taxation.
An authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments of any kind whatsoever, and its bonds, their transfer, the interest payable on them, and any income derived from them, including any profit realized in their sale or exchange, shall be exempt at all times from every kind and nature of taxation by this Commonwealth or by any of its political subdivisions, municipal corporations, or public agencies of any kind.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1721.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6412. Tax revenues of the Commonwealth or any other political subdivision not pledged.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the pledging of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any of its revenues, or the faith and credit of any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any of its revenues, for the payment of any bonds issued by an authority.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1722.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6413. Forms of accounts and records; audit of same.
The accounts and records of an authority showing the receipt and disbursement of funds from whatever source derived shall be in such form as the Auditor of Public Accounts prescribes, provided that such accounts correspond as nearly as possible to the accounts and records for such matters maintained by corporate enterprises. The accounts and records of an authority shall be subject to audit pursuant to § 30-140, and the costs of such audit services shall be borne by the authority. An authority's fiscal year shall be the same as the Commonwealth's.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1723.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6414. Tort liability.
No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or on any other political subdivision of the Commonwealth because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance or nonfeasance by or on the part of an authority, its agents, servants or employees.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1724.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6415. Dissolution of authority.
A member locality of an authority may withdraw from the authority only (i) upon dissolution of the authority as set forth herein, or (ii) with the majority approval of all other members of such authority, upon a resolution adopted by the governing body of a member locality and after satisfaction of such member locality's legal obligations, including repayment of its portion of any debt incurred, with regard to the authority, or after making contractual provisions for the repayment of its portion of any debt incurred, with regard to the authority, as well as pledging to pay general dues for operation of the authority for the current and succeeding fiscal year following the effective date of withdrawal. No member seeking withdrawal shall retain, without the consent of a majority of the remaining members, any rights to contributions made by such member, to any property held by such authority or to any revenue sharing as allowed by §§ 15.2-6406 and 15.2-6407. Upon withdrawal, the withdrawing member shall also return to the authority any dues or other contributions refunded to such member during its membership in the authority. Whenever the board determines that the purpose for which the authority was created has been substantially fulfilled or is impractical or impossible to accomplish and that all obligations incurred by the authority have been paid or that cash or a sufficient amount of United States government securities has been deposited for their payment, or provisions satisfactory for the timely payment of all its outstanding obligations have been arranged, the board may adopt resolutions declaring and finding that the authority shall be dissolved. Appropriate attested copies of such resolutions shall be delivered to the Governor so that legislation dissolving such authority may be introduced in the General Assembly. The dissolution of an authority shall become effective according to the terms of such legislation. The title to all funds and other property owned by such authority at the time of such dissolution shall vest in the member localities which have contributed to the authority in proportion to their respective contributions.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1725; 2010, c. 531.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 64 (VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ACT)
§ 15.2-6416. Chapter liberally construed.
This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

1997, cc. 276, 587, § 15.1-1726.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6500. Repealed.
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 594 and 681, cl. 2.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65.1 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6550. Tourist Train Development Authority established.
The Tourist Train Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as the "Authority," is created as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. As such it shall have, and is hereby vested with, the powers and duties hereinafter conferred in this chapter.

2014, c. 608.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65.1 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6551. Board of the Authority; qualifications; terms; quorum; records.
All powers, rights, and duties conferred by this chapter, or by other provisions of law, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of the Tourist Train Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as "the board." Initial appointments to the board shall begin July 1, 2014. The board shall consist of nine members as follows: seven members appointed by the Governor, of whom three shall be representatives from the governing bodies of Tazewell County, the Town of Bluefield, and the Town of Pocahontas and four shall be nonlegislative citizen members who reside in Tazewell County; one member of the House of Delegates representing Tazewell County, who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates if more than one Delegate represents Tazewell County; and one member of the Senate representing Tazewell County, who shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules if more than one Senator represents Tazewell County. All members shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed for one additional term, except legislative members, who shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office and may be reappointed. The term of any member of the board shall immediately terminate if the member no longer meets the eligibility criteria of the initial appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. For the initial appointments only, three of the members shall be appointed for two-year terms and such initial terms shall not be counted toward the term limitation.

The board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman and from its membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their respective successors are elected. The members of the board shall receive no compensation. All members may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from such funds as may be available to the Authority.

Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its financial transactions, and, unless exempted by § 30-140, it shall arrange to have the records audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall be furnished to the governing bodies of Tazewell County and all adjacent counties and the Auditor of Public Accounts and shall be open to public inspection.

2014, c. 608.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65.1 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6552. Executive director; staff.
The Authority shall appoint an executive director, who shall be authorized to employ such staff as necessary to enable the Authority to perform its duties as set forth in this chapter. The Authority is authorized to determine the duties of such staff and to fix salaries and compensation from such funds as may be received or appropriated.

2014, c. 608.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65.1 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6553. Powers of Authority.
The Authority shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those hereafter stated:

1. To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;

2. To adopt and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at its pleasure;

3. To contract and be contracted with;

4. To employ and pay compensation to such employees and agents, including attorneys, as the board deems necessary in carrying on the business of the Authority;

5. To establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, deemed expedient for the management of the Authority's affairs;

6. To borrow money and to accept contributions, grants, and other financial assistance from the United States of America and agencies or instrumentalities thereof, the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision, agency, or public instrumentality of the Commonwealth;

7. To issue bonds in accordance with applicable law;

8. To receive and expend moneys on behalf of tourist train development; and

9. To cooperate with any private or governmental entity in the state of West Virginia in the development of a tourist train.

2014, c. 608.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 65.1 (TOURIST TRAIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
§ 15.2-6554. Authority of localities.
Localities are hereby authorized to lend or donate money or other property or services to the Authority for any of its purposes. The locality making the grant or loan may restrict the use of such grants or loans to a specific project, within or outside that locality.

2014, c. 608.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6600. Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6602. Definitions.
As used in this act the following words and terms have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

"Act" means the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act.

"Authority" means the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority created by this act.

"Board of Directors" means the governing body of the Authority.

"Bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidence of financial indebtedness issued by this Authority pursuant to this act.

"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Participating political subdivision" means any of the counties of the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission or any other subdivision that may join the Authority pursuant to the act.

"Political subdivision" means a county, municipality or other public body of the Commonwealth.

"Site" means any land holding that can improve public access to waters of the Commonwealth.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6603. Participating political subdivision.
No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon any participating political subdivision because of any act, omission, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the part of the Authority or any member thereof, or its agents, servants, or employees, except as otherwise provided in this act with respect to contracts and agreements between the Authority and any other political subdivision.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6604. Appointment of a board of directors.
The powers of the Authority shall be vested in the directors of the Authority. The governing body of each participating political subdivision shall appoint either one or two directors, one of whom shall be a member of the appointing governing body or its chief operating officer. In the event there are two or fewer participating jurisdictions in the Authority, each participating jurisdiction shall appoint two directors.

The governing body of each political subdivision shall be empowered to remove at any time, without cause, any director appointed by it and appoint a successor director to fill the unexpired portion of the removed director's term.

If financial funds are available, each director may be reimbursed by the Authority for the amount of actual expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6605. Organization.
A simple majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy in the membership of the Authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Authority.

The Authority shall hold regular meetings at such times and places as may be established by its bylaws duly adopted and published at the organizational meeting of that body.

The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from their membership, a secretary and a treasurer or a secretary-treasurer from their membership or not as they deem appropriate, and such other officers as they may deem appropriate.

The board of directors may make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with this act, governing the manner in which the Authority's business may be transacted and in which the power granted to it may be enjoyed. The board of directors may appoint such committees as they may deem advisable and fix the duties and responsibilities of such committees.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6607. Name of authority.
The name of the Authority shall be the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority. The name of this authority may be changed upon approval of a simple majority of the directors of the Authority.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6608. Rules, regulations, and minimum standards.
The Authority shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules, regulations, and minimum standards, for the use, maintenance, and operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its facilities.

Unless the Authority shall by unanimous vote of the board of directors determine that an emergency exists, the Authority shall, prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification thereof:

1. Make such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification in convenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Authority for at least ten days; and

2. Post in a public place a notice declaring the board of directors' intention to consider adopting such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification and informing the public that the Authority will at a public meeting consider the adoption of such rule or regulation or such alteration, amendment, or modification, on a day and at a time to be specified in the notice, after the expiration of at least ten days from the first day of the posting of the notice thereof. The Authority's rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection in the Authority's principal office.

The Authority's rules and regulations relating to: (i) traffic, including but not limited to motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and charges for public parking; (ii) access to Authority facilities, including but not limited to solicitation, handbilling, and picketing; and (iii) site management and maintenance shall have the force of law, as shall any other rule or regulation of the Authority, which shall contain a determination by the Authority that it is necessary to accord the same force and effect of law in the interest of the public safety. However, with respect to motor vehicle traffic rules and regulations, the Authority shall obtain the approval of the appropriate official of the political subdivision in which such rules or regulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of the Authority relating to motor vehicle traffic shall be tried and punished in the same manner as if it had been committed on the public roads of the participating political subdivision in which such violation occurred. All other violations of the rules and regulations having the force of law shall be punishable as misdemeanors.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6609. Reports.
The Authority shall keep minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours. It shall keep suitable records of all its financial transactions and shall arrange to have the same audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. Copies of each such audit shall be furnished to each participating political subdivision and shall be open to public inspection.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6610. Procurement.
All contracts that the Authority may let for professional services, nonprofessional services, or materials shall be subject to the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.).

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6611. Deposit and investment of funds.
Except as provided by contract with a participating political subdivision, all moneys received pursuant to the authority of this act, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this act. All moneys of the Authority shall be deposited as soon as practicable in a separate account or accounts in one or more banks or trust companies organized under the laws of the Commonwealth or national banking associations having their principal offices in the Commonwealth. Such deposits shall be continuously secured in accordance with the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act (§ 2.2-4400 et seq.).

Funds of the Authority not needed for immediate use or disbursement may, subject to the provisions of any contract between the Authority and the holders of its bonds, be invested in securities that are considered lawful investments for fiduciaries.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6613. Fees, rents, and charges.
The Authority is hereby authorized to and shall fix, revise, charge, and collect fees, rents, and other charges for the use and services of any facilities or access site. Such fees, rents, and other charges shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the facilities and the principal and any interest on its bonds as the same shall become due and payable, including reserves therefor. Such fees, rents, and charges shall not be subject to supervision or regulation by any commission, board, bureau, or agency of the Commonwealth or any participating political subdivision. The fees, rents, and other charges received by the Authority, except such part thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide such reserves therefor as may be provided for in any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in any trust indenture or agreement securing the same, shall to the extent necessary be set aside at such regular intervals as may be provided in any such resolution or trust indenture or agreement in a sinking fund or sinking funds pledged to, and charged with, the payment and the interest on such bonds as the same shall become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of such bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. So long as any of its bonds are outstanding, the fees, rents, and charges so pledged and thereafter received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the Authority irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust indenture by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the Authority. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of any such sinking fund shall be subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust indenture or agreement.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6614. Credit of Commonwealth and political subdivisions not pledged.
Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof other than the Authority, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor as herein authorized. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the Commonwealth, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor the Authority, shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon or other costs incident thereto except from the revenues and money pledged therefor and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the principal of such bonds or the interest thereon or other costs incident thereto.

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be payable solely from the funds of the Authority and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the Authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall be available to the Authority.

Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6615. Directors and persons executing bonds not liable thereon.
Neither the board of directors nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally for the Authority's bonds by reasons of the issuance thereof.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6616. Security for payment of bonds; default.
The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the Authority shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable, and may be secured by a trust indenture covering all or any part of the Authority facilities from which revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of any additions to any such projects thereafter made. The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such trust indenture may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of rents for any portions thereof leased by the Authority to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board of directors shall deem advisable not in conflict with the provisions hereof. Each pledge, agreement, and trust indenture made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the Authority shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid. In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the Authority made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any trust indenture executed as security therefor, may be enforced by mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to compel the Authority and the directors, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any trust indenture of the Authority, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or by foreclosure of any such trust indenture, or any one or more of said remedies.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6617. Taxation.
The exercise of the powers granted by this act shall in all respects be presumed to be for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Commonwealth, for the increase of their commerce, and for the promotion of their health, safety, welfare, convenience and prosperity, and as the operation and maintenance of any project that the Authority is authorized to undertake will constitute the performance of an essential governmental function, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any facilities acquired and constructed by it under the provisions of this act and the bonds issued under the provisions of this act, their transfer and the income therefrom including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free and exempt from taxation by the Commonwealth and by any political subdivision thereof. Persons, firms, partnerships, associations, corporations, and organizations leasing property of the Authority or doing business on property of the Authority shall be subject to and liable for payment of all applicable taxes of the political subdivision in which such leased property lies or in which business is conducted including, but not limited to, any leasehold tax on real property and taxes on hotel and motel rooms, taxes on the sale of tobacco products, taxes on the sale of meals and beverages, privilege taxes and local general retail sales and use taxes, taxes to be paid on licenses in respect to any business, profession, vocation or calling, and taxes upon consumers of gas, electricity, telephone, and other public utility services.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6618. Bonds as legal investments.
Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this act are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6619. Appropriation by political subdivision.
Any participating political subdivision, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, is authorized to provide services, to donate real or personal property and to make appropriations to the Authority for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the Authority's facilities. Any such political subdivision is hereby authorized to issue its bonds, including general obligation bonds, in the manner provided in the Public Finance Act (§ 15.2-2600 et seq.) or in any applicable municipal charter for the purpose of providing funds to be appropriated to the Authority, and such political subdivisions may enter into contracts obligating such bond proceeds to the Authority.

The Authority may agree to assume, or reimburse a participating political subdivision for any indebtedness incurred by, such participating political subdivision with respect to facilities conveyed by it to the Authority.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6620. Contracts with political subdivisions.
The Authority is authorized to enter into contracts with any one or more political subdivisions.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6621. Agreement with Commonwealth and participating political subdivisions.
The Commonwealth and, by participating in the Authority, each participating political subdivision, pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the Authority that neither the Commonwealth nor any participating political subdivision will limit or alter the rights hereunder vested in the Authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with said holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of said holders until such bonds are fully met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement in any contract with the holders of the Authority's bonds.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6622. Liberal construction.
Neither this act nor anything contained herein is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that the Authority might otherwise have under any laws of the Commonwealth, and this act is cumulative to any such powers. This act does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.

2002, c. 766; 2015, c. 709.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6623. Application of local ordinances, service charges, and taxes upon leaseholds.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt the Authority's property from any applicable zoning, subdivision, erosion and sediment control, and fire prevention codes or from building regulations of a political subdivision in which such property is located. Nor shall anything herein contained exempt the property of the Authority from any service charge authorized by the General Assembly pursuant to Article X, Section 6 (g) of the Constitution of Virginia, or exempt any lessee of any of the Authority's property from any tax imposed upon his leasehold interest in such property or upon the receipts derived therefrom.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6624. Existing contracts, leases, franchises, etc., not impaired.
No provisions of this act shall relieve, impair, or affect any right, duty, liability, or obligation arising out of any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence except to the extent that such contract, concession, lease, or franchise may permit. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Authority may renegotiate, renew, extend the term of, or otherwise modify at any time any contract, concession, lease, or franchise now in existence in such manner and on such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, provided that the operator of or under any said contract, concession, lease, or franchise consents to said renegotiation, renewal, extension, or modification.

2002, c. 766.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66 (Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6625. Withdrawal of membership.
Any member jurisdiction may withdraw from membership in the Authority by resolution or ordinance of its governing body. However, no member jurisdiction shall be permitted to withdraw from the Authority after any obligation has been incurred except by unanimous vote of all member jurisdictions.

2002, c. 766.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66.1 (Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6626. Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act.

2005, c. 842.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66.1 (Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6627. Creation; public purpose.
If any of the governing bodies of the Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland by resolution declare that there is a need for a public access authority to be created and an operating agreement, which shall be approved by participating localities by ordinance, is developed for the purpose of establishing or operating a public access authority for any such participating political subdivisions and that they should unite in the formation of an authority to be known as the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority (hereinafter the "Authority"), which shall thereupon exist for such participating counties and towns and shall exercise its powers and functions as prescribed herein. The region for which such Authority shall exist shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the participating political subdivisions. The Authority shall be charged with the following duties:

1. Identify land, either owned by the Commonwealth or private holdings that can be secured for use by the general public as a public access site;

2. Research and determine ownership of all identified sites;

3. Determine appropriate public use levels of identified access sites;

4. Develop appropriate mechanisms for transferring title of Commonwealth or private holdings to the Authority;

5. Develop appropriate acquisition and site management plans for public access usage;

6. Determine which holdings should be sold to advance the mission of the Authority; and

7. Perform other duties required to fulfill the mission of the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority.

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to have been created as a body corporate and to have been established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution as aforesaid by the participating political subdivisions declaring that there is a need for such Authority. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerks of the counties and towns by which it is adopted shall be admissible as evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding. Any political subdivision of the Commonwealth is authorized to join such Authority pursuant to the terms and conditions of this act.

The ownership and operation by the Authority of any public access sites and related facilities and the exercise of powers conferred by this act are proper and essential governmental functions and public purposes and matters of public necessity for which public moneys may be spent and private property acquired. The Authority is a regional entity of government by or on behalf of which debt may be contracted by or on behalf of any county or town pursuant to Section 10 (a) of Article VII of the Constitution of Virginia.

2005, c. 842.
Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66.1 (Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6628. Definitions.
As used in this act the following words and terms have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

"Act" means the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act.

"Authority" means the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority created by this act.

"Board of Directors" means the governing body of the Authority.

"Bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidence of financial indebtedness issued by this Authority pursuant to this act.

"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Participating political subdivision" means any of the counties of the Northern Neck Planning District Commission or any other subdivision that may join the Authority pursuant to the act.

"Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, or other public body of the Commonwealth.

"Site" means any land holding that can improve public access to waters of the Commonwealth.

2005, c. 842.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66.1 (Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6629. Participating political subdivision.
No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon any participating political subdivision because of any act, omission, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by or on the part of the Authority or any member thereof, or its agents, servants, or employees, except as otherwise provided in this act with respect to contracts and agreements between the Authority and any other political subdivision.

2005, c. 842.

Code of Virginia — Title 15.2 (Counties, Cities and Towns), Chapter 66.1 (Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Act)
§ 15.2-6630. Appointment of a board of directors.
The powers of the Authority shall be vested in the directors of the Authority. The governing body of each participating political subdivision shall appoint either one or two directors, one of whom shall be a member of the appointing governing body or its chief operating officer. In the event there are two or fewer participating jurisdictions in the Authority, each participating jurisdiction shall appoint two directors.

The governing body of each political subdivision shall be empowered to remove at any time, without cause, any director appointed by it and appoint a successor director to fill the unexpired portion of the removed director's term.

If financial funds are available, each director may be reimbursed by the Authority for the amount of actual expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties.

2005, c. 842.