CHAPTER 279
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8, 9, 10, 14, and 24, as amended, of Chapter 140 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, relating to the Roanoke Regional Airport Commission.
Approved March 20, 2005
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 8, 9, 10, 14, and 24, as amended, of Chapter 140 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8. Name of airport.-The name of the airport operated by the
Commission within the boundaries of the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County shall be "Roanoke Regional Airport, Woodrum Field." or such
other name as the Commission shall adopt, provided that the words "Woodrum
Field" are part of such other name.
§ 9. Rules and regulations.-The Commission shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the use, maintenance and operation of its facilities and governing the conduct of persons and organizations using its facilities.
Unless the Commission shall by unanimous vote of all Commissioners present determine that an emergency exists, the Commission shall, prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation or alteration, amendment or modification thereof:
a. Make such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification in convenient form available for public inspection in the office of the Commission for at least five days; and
b. Post in a public place a notice declaring the Commission's intention to consider adopting such rule, regulation, alteration, amendment or modification and informing the public that the Commission 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 five days from the first day of the posting of the notice thereof.
The Commission's rules and regulations shall be available for public inspection in the Commission's principal office.
The Commission's rules and regulations relating to:
a. Traffic, including but not limited to motor vehicle speed limits and the location of and payment of public parking;
b. Access to Commission facilities, including but not limited to solicitation, handbilling, and picketing; and
c. Aircraft operation and maintenance; shall have the force
and effect of law, as shall any other rule or regulation of the Commission
which shall contain a determination by the Commission that it is necessary to
accord the same force and effect of law in the interest of the public safety;
provided, however, that with respect to motor vehicle traffic rules and
regulations, the Commission shall obtain the approval of the traffic engineer
or comparable official of the political subdivision in which such rules or
regulations are to be enforced. The violation of any rule or regulation of
the Commission 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 Commission's rules and regulations having the force and
effect of law shall be punishable as misdemeanors.
All ordinances, rules and regulations duly adopted for the regulation, administration and operation of Roanoke Regional Airport, Woodrum Field, in force at the effective date of this Act shall remain in full force and effect insofar as they or any part thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act until amended or repealed in accordance with this Act.
§ 10. Police powers.-The Commission's employees meeting the
minimum registration requirements of the Department of Criminal
Justice Officers Training Standards Commission shall be given special police
power Services may be appointed as special conservators of the peace by
the circuit court of any participating political subdivision. The authority
conferred upon such special policemen conservators shall be
exercised only upon the Commission's facilities located within such
participating political subdivision, and shall be in all terms consistent with
the requirements of Chapter 3 2 of Title 15.1
19.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Such special policemen conservators of the peace
shall have all powers vested in police officers under Chapter 3
2 of Title 15.1 19.2 of the Code of Virginia and shall
be responsible upon the Commission's facilities for enforcing
authorized to enforce the Commission's rules and regulations and all other
applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations of the United States of
America and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and this Commonwealth and
political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities thereof upon the
Commission's facilities, subject to and limited by the Commission's applicable
policies, procedures, and regulations.
Such special policemen conservators of the peace
may issue summons to appear, or arrest on view or on information without
warrant as permitted by law, and conduct before any court of competent
jurisdiction any person violating any rule or regulation of the Commission or
other applicable statute, ordinance, rule or regulation.
For the purpose of enforcing such statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations, the court or courts having jurisdiction for the trial of criminal offenses of the participating political subdivision wherein the offense was committed shall have jurisdiction to try a person charged with the violating of any such statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations.
The Commission shall have the authority to seek appointment of such other law-enforcement officers as shall be permitted by applicable law.
§ 14. Deposit and investment of funds.-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 Commission 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.
Funds of the Commission not needed for immediate use or disbursement may, subject to the provisions of any contract between the Commission and the holders of its bonds, be invested in securities which are considered lawful investments for fiduciaries.
§ 24. Fiscal year; Commission budget.
A. The fiscal year of the Commission shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30.
B. The Commission shall annually, prior to March 16
31, prepare and submit to the participating political subdivisions (i) a
proposed operating budget showing its estimated revenues and expenses on an
accrual basis for the forthcoming fiscal year, and if such estimated expenses
exceed such estimated revenues, the portion of the deficit proposed to be borne
by each participating political subdivision, and (ii) a proposed capital budget
showing its estimated expenditures for such fiscal year for assets costing more
than $20,000 (or such higher amount as the Commission and the participating
political subdivisions may determine) and having an estimated useful life of
twenty 20 years or more and the source of funds for such
expenditures, including any amount requested from the participating political
subdivisions. Depreciation shall be excluded from the Commission's operating
budget with respect to assets purchased by the Commission with funds
appropriated to it for such purpose by a participating political subdivision
and, for this determination, it shall be assumed that any appropriation so made
is for the purchase of assets set forth in the applicable Commission budget to
the extent such purchase price is included in the approved budget. Assets
purchased by the Commission with bond proceeds shall be depreciated over the
useful life of such assets purchased with bond proceeds.
C. If the governing body of a participating political subdivision shall approve the Commission's proposed operating budget, it shall appropriate to the Commission such political subdivision's portion of such deficit. If during any fiscal year the Commission shall receive revenues in excess of those estimated by the Commission in its approved budget for such year, the budgeted deficit for such fiscal year shall automatically be reduced and, except as herein provided, the appropriation of each participating political subdivision shall be proportionately reduced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the consent of the governing bodies of the participating subdivisions, all or a portion of such appropriations may be maintained so as to enable the Commission to expend such excess revenues for its proper purposes.
D. If the governing body of a participating political subdivision shall approve the Commission's proposed capital budget, it shall appropriate to the Commission such participating political subdivision's portion of the expenditures set forth therein. Any such appropriation shall automatically be reduced by the participating political subdivision's proportionate share of any grant funds received by the Commission for the purchase of assets included in the Commission's approved capital budget in excess of the grant funds shown in such capital budget as a source of funds for such expenditure, unless prohibited by the basic provider of the grant funds.
E. The Commission may expend any and all moneys within its control without obtaining the approval of the participating political subdivisions, but, except as otherwise provided in this Act with respect to contracts and agreements between the Commission and any political subdivision, the Commission shall not commit any participating political subdivision in an amount in excess of that appropriated to the Commission by the governing body of such political subdivision.
F. If at any time during any fiscal year it shall appear that the cash disbursements of the Commission will exceed its cash receipts for such fiscal year, including amounts appropriated to it by the participating political subdivisions, the Commission may request supplemental appropriations from the participating political subdivisions and any other political subdivision.