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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 553 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 94<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68512,"section_number":"10.1-113","catch_line":"Sale of trees","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-113\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56366,"identifier":"10.1-215","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/3\/10.1-215","url":"\/10.1-215\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-215\/","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/3\/10.1-215","dublin_core":{"Title":"Natural Area Preservation Fund established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-215","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A fund<\/span> consisting of general fund<\/span> appropriations, gifts, bequests, devises, fees, lease proceeds, and funds<\/span> accruing from, or attributable to, the use or management of state natural area preserves<\/span> acquired or held by the Department<\/span> known as the Natural Area Preservation Fund<\/span> is hereby established. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any funds<\/span> remaining in such fund<\/span> at the end of the biennium, including all appropriations, gifts, bequests, devises, fees, lease proceeds, and funds<\/span> accruing from, or attributable to, the use or management of state natural area preserves<\/span> acquired or held by the Department<\/span>, and interest accruing thereon, shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Natural Area Preservation Fund<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNATURAL AREA PRESERVATION FUND ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 10.1-215)\n\nA. A fund consisting of general fund appropriations, gifts, bequests, devises,\nfees, lease proceeds, and funds accruing from, or attributable to, the use or\nmanagement of state natural area preserves acquired or held by the Department\nknown as the Natural Area Preservation Fund is hereby established.\n\nB. Any funds remaining in such fund at the end of the biennium, including all\nappropriations, gifts, bequests, devises, fees, lease proceeds, and funds\naccruing from, or attributable to, the use or management of state natural area\npreserves acquired or held by the Department, and interest accruing thereon,\nshall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Natural Area\nPreservation Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 553; 2005, c. 94.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}