§ 33.1-391.12. Addition of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to facilities controlled by Authority; expansion of Au...
The bridges, tunnels, roadways, and related facilities known collectively as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which provide a vehicular connection across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between the City of Virginia Beach and Northampton County, shall become subject to the control of the Authority subject to the provisions of § 33.1-391.8, at such time as all of the bonds and other evidences of debt now or hereafter issued by or on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission shall have been satisfied or paid in full. Until such bonds and other evidences of debt have been satisfied or paid in full, control of and responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel facilities shall remain with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission.
In discharging its responsibilities for the operation and maintenance of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel facilities, the Authority shall have, in addition to the powers it is given by this chapter, all of the powers and authority given to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission by Chapter 693 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954 and by Chapter 714 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1956, as amended and incorporated by reference as § 33.1-253.
At such time as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel facilities become subject to the control of the Authority as contemplated by this section, the Authority shall be enlarged by two members, who shall serve with voting privileges, one of whom shall be the chief elected officer of the governing body of the County of Accomack (or in the discretion of the chief elected officer, his designee, who shall be a current elected officer of such governing body), and one of whom shall be the chief elected officer of the governing body of the County of Northampton (or in the discretion of the chief elected officer, his designee, who shall be a current elected officer of such governing body).
(2007, c. 896.)
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