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Such living historical farm museums lead to respect for the past, the education of the young and also serve as tourist attractions in the Commonwealth.B\n\nA “living historical farm museum,” for the purposes of this section, shall be a nonprofit corporation or association dedicating no less than five acres for the sole purpose of portraying by restoration, preservation or reconstruction of farm operation and farm life, including milling, of a selected period in the agricultural history of Virginia. The requirement that the museum shall be nonprofit shall not prevent the museum from charging admittance fees adequate to cover costs of operation and maintenance.C\n\nAny locality may provide, by appropriate ordinance, that whenever a person dedicates five or more acres to a nonprofit corporation or association dedicated solely for the purpose of organizing, operating, and maintaining a living historical farm museum, such person may be authorized to build and maintain such structures for the living historical farm museum as will be used in the operation, maintenance and support of such museum, subject, however, to any provisions of any zoning or planning ordinance of such locality.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290792,"text":"The General Assembly finds that there is a public interest in encouraging the development of living historical farm museums to preserve for posterity living examples of earlier farm operation and farm life in Virginia. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 332 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 1973 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81132,"identifier":"15.2-943","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-943","url":"\/15.2-943\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-943\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-943","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation and maintenance of living historical farm museums","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-943","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The General Assembly finds that there is a public interest in encouraging the development of living historical farm museums to preserve for posterity living examples of earlier farm operation and farm life in Virginia. Such living historical farm museums lead to respect for the past, the education of the young and also serve as tourist attractions in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A “living historical farm museum,” for the purposes of this section, shall be a nonprofit corporation or association dedicating no less than five acres for the sole purpose of portraying by restoration, preservation or reconstruction of farm operation and farm life, including milling, of a selected period in the agricultural history of Virginia. The requirement that the museum shall be nonprofit shall not prevent the museum from charging admittance fees adequate to cover costs of operation and maintenance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may provide, by appropriate ordinance<\/span>, that whenever a person dedicates five or more acres to a nonprofit corporation or association dedicated solely for the purpose of organizing, operating, and maintaining a living historical farm museum, such person may be authorized to build and maintain such structures for the living historical farm museum as will be used in the operation, maintenance and support of such museum, subject, however, to any provisions of any zoning or planning ordinance<\/span> of such locality<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LIVING HISTORICAL FARM MUSEUMS (\u00a7 15.2-943)\n\nA. The General Assembly finds that there is a public interest in encouraging the\ndevelopment of living historical farm museums to preserve for posterity living\nexamples of earlier farm operation and farm life in Virginia. Such living\nhistorical farm museums lead to respect for the past, the education of the young\nand also serve as tourist attractions in the Commonwealth.\n\nB. A “living historical farm museum,” for the purposes of this\nsection, shall be a nonprofit corporation or association dedicating no less than\nfive acres for the sole purpose of portraying by restoration, preservation or\nreconstruction of farm operation and farm life, including milling, of a selected\nperiod in the agricultural history of Virginia. The requirement that the museum\nshall be nonprofit shall not prevent the museum from charging admittance fees\nadequate to cover costs of operation and maintenance.\n\nC. Any locality may provide, by appropriate ordinance, that whenever a person\ndedicates five or more acres to a nonprofit corporation or association dedicated\nsolely for the purpose of organizing, operating, and maintaining a living\nhistorical farm museum, such person may be authorized to build and maintain such\nstructures for the living historical farm museum as will be used in the\noperation, maintenance and support of such museum, subject, however, to any\nprovisions of any zoning or planning ordinance of such locality.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 332, \u00a7 15.1-18.1:1; 1997, c. 587.","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}}