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1997 SESSION

973397204
HOUSE BILL NO. 1882
Offered January 8, 1997
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.B and 8, as amended, of Chapter 22 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, which authorized the creation of the Peninsula Airport Commission.
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Patrons-- Diamonstein, Behm, Christian, Crittenden and Hamilton; Senators: Maxwell, Norment and Williams
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 2.B and 8, as amended, of Chapter 22 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946 are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.B. Definitions--As used in this Act the following words and terms have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

"Act" means this Peninsula Airport Commission Act.

"Bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures or any other evidence of financial indebtedness issued by the commission pursuant to this Act.

"Commission" means the Peninsula Airport Commission created by this Act which shall be an independent body corporate and politic municipal corporation.

"Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Facility" means any and all airports, terminals, runways, hangars, loading facilities, repair shops, parking areas, facilities for the preparation of in-flight meals, restaurants and accommodations for temporary or overnight use by passengers, and other facilities functionally related to the needs or convenience of passengers, shipping companies and airlines, and industrial and commercial facilities, purchased, constructed or otherwise acquired or operated by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Any facility may consist of or include any or all buildings or other structures, improvements, additions, extension, replacements, machinery, or equipment, together with appurtenances, lands, rights in land, avigation rights, water rights, franchises, furnishings, landscaping, utilities, approaches, roadways, or other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto.

"Participating Political Subdivision" means any political subdivision which has joined the Commission pursuant to § 1 or § 2 of this Act.

"Political Subdivision" means a county, municipality or other public body of this Commonwealth.

§ 8. The commission shall be an independent body corporate municipal corporation, invested with the rights, powers and authority and charged with the duties set forth in this act, and the political subdivisions by which it is created shall not be responsible for its acts. No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon any county or city creating the Commission because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance or misfeasance by or on the part of the Commission or any member thereof, or its agents, servants or employees, except as otherwise provided in this act with respect to contracts and agreements between the Commission and any such county or city.