62.1-132.11 - Police powers; penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 62.1-132.11. Police powers; penalties.

The Authority is empowered to adopt and enforce reasonable rules andregulations governing (i) the maximum and minimum speed limits of motorvehicles using Authority property, (ii) the kinds and sizes of vehicles whichmay be operated upon Authority property, (iii) materials which shall not betransported through or over Authority property, and (iv) other mattersaffecting the safety and security of Authority property. Such rules andregulations shall have the force and effect of law (i) after publication onetime in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or countywhere the affected property is located, and (ii) when posted where the publicusing such property may conveniently see them. Violation of any rule orregulation which would have been a violation of law or ordinance if committedon a public street or highway shall be tried and punished as if it had beencommitted on a public street or highway. Any other violation of such rulesand regulations shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1981, c. 589.)