Virginia HB 1093: Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority; duties.

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18102316D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1093 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 10, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 15.2-6601 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority; 
 purpose. 
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Patron-- Hodges 

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Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 15.2-6601 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 15.2-6601. Creation; public purpose.

If any of the governing bodies of the Counties of Essex, 
 Gloucester, King William, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, and the Towns of West 
 Point, Tappahannock and Urbanna by resolution declare that there is a need for 
 a public access authority to be created and an operating agreement 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 Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay 
 Public Access Authority (hereinafter the "Authority"), which shall 
 thereupon exist for such participating counties and town 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;

7. Receive and expend public funds and private donations in 
 order to restore or create tidal wetlands within the region for which the 
 Authority exists; provided that any tidal mitigation credits resulting from 
 such restoration or creation projects shall be held by the Authority for the 
 benefit and use of participating political subdivisions and shall not be sold 
 or conveyed to any private party by the Authority or any participating 
 political subdivision; and

8. Receive 
 and expend public funds and 
 private donations and apply for permits in order to perform dredging projects 
 on waterways and construct facilities and infrastructure within the region for 
 which the Authority exists. Such projects shall enhance recreational or 
 com