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HB 2263 Roanoke Regional Airport Commission; may establish police department with law-enforcement powers.

Introduced by: Gregory D. Habeeb | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Roanoke Regional Airport Commission. Allows the Roanoke Regional Airport Commission to establish an airport police department at the Roanoke Regional Airport. The authority of the airport police department shall be limited to real property owned, leased, or controlled by the Airport. Such authority shall not supersede the authority, duties, or jurisdiction vested by law with the local police department or sheriff's office. The airport police department and airport police officers shall be subject to and comply with the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Virginia, the laws governing municipal police departments, and any regulations adopted by the Criminal Justice Services Board that the Department of Criminal Justice Services designates as applicable to private police departments. Any person employed as an airport police officer pursuant to this act shall meet all requirements, including the minimum compulsory training requirements, for law-enforcement officers pursuant to Chapter 1 (§ 9.1-100 et seq.) of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Roanoke Regional Airport Commission penalty. Provides that the Authority may seek appointment of such law-enforcement officers as permitted by law. The police force for the City of Roanoke and the police force for the County of Roanoke shall have concurrent jurisdiction with any Commission police force on Commission property located in those jurisdictions.