Bill Text: VA SB80 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Virginia Beach, City of; concurrent jurisdiction over adjoining waters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809) [SB80 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB80-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 809 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1725.1, relating to the grant of concurrent jurisdiction over adjoining waters to the City of Virginia Beach. [S 80] Approved April 18, 2012

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-1725.1 as follows:

§15.2-1725.1. Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations.

For the purposes of local public safety regulatory authority and enforcement, the territorial limits of the City of Virginia Beach shall extend from its coastal shorelines, the coastal shorelines of Camp Pendleton, the coastal shorelines of First Landing State Park, and the coastal shorelines of False Cape State Park in a perpendicular direction for three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay waters. This territorial jurisdiction shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. No ordinance enacted under this authority shall conflict with the laws or regulations promulgated by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies. This authority shall not extend to the regulatory authority held by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as provided in §28.2-101.