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P. 1948, \u00a7 9-11; 1956, c. 223; 1970, c. 203; 1975, c. 514; 1978, c. 580, \u00a7 2.1-488.4; 2000, c. 551; 2001, c. 844.","full_text":"A\n\nNo work of art shall become the property of the Commonwealth by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless the work of art or a design thereof, together with its proposed location, have been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of the Board. Nor shall any work of art, until so submitted and approved, be contracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth. No existing work of art owned by the Commonwealth shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way without submission to the Governor.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art portraying, or pertaining to, a present or former Governor and presented to, or acquired, by the Governor and displayed in that part of the building under the direct supervision of the Governor or a present or former presiding officer of the Senate or a member or former member of the Supreme Court, the Senate, or the House of Delegates, presented to, or acquired by, the member’s or presiding officer’s respective body and displayed in that part of any building under the direct supervision and jurisdiction of such body nor shall they apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.B\n\nNo construction or erection of any building or any appurtenant structure of any nature, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, and no construction or erection of any bridge, arch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture intended primarily for ornamental or memorial purposes, and which is to be paid for, either wholly or in part by appropriation from the state treasury, and, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be begun, unless the design and proposed location thereof have been submitted to the Governor and its artistic character approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. No existing structure of the kinds described in this subsection, owned by the Commonwealth, shall be removed, remodeled or added to, nor shall any appurtenant structure be attached without submission to the Governor and the artistic character of the proposed new structure approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission.C\n\nNo work of art not owned by the Commonwealth shall be placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth for a period of more than two years unless such work of art or a design thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of the Board.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295767,"text":"No work of art shall become the property of the Commonwealth by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless the work of art or a design thereof, together with its proposed location, have been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of the Board. Nor shall any work of art, until so submitted and approved, be contracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth. No existing work of art owned by the Commonwealth shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way without submission to the Governor.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art portraying, or pertaining to, a present or former Governor and presented to, or acquired, by the Governor and displayed in that part of the building under the direct supervision of the Governor or a present or former presiding officer of the Senate or a member or former member of the Supreme Court, the Senate, or the House of Delegates, presented to, or acquired by, the member’s or presiding officer’s respective body and displayed in that part of any building under the direct supervision and jurisdiction of such body nor shall they apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":295768,"text":"No construction or erection of any building or any appurtenant structure of any nature, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, and no construction or erection of any bridge, arch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture intended primarily for ornamental or memorial purposes, and which is to be paid for, either wholly or in part by appropriation from the state treasury, and, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be begun, unless the design and proposed location thereof have been submitted to the Governor and its artistic character approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. No existing structure of the kinds described in this subsection, owned by the Commonwealth, shall be removed, remodeled or added to, nor shall any appurtenant structure be attached without submission to the Governor and the artistic character of the proposed new structure approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":295769,"text":"No work of art not owned by the Commonwealth shall be placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth for a period of more than two years unless such work of art or a design thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of the Board.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15686,"edition_id":1,"name":"Art and Architectural Review Board","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12786,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:57:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:57:55","permalink":{"id":174689,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15686,"identifier":"1","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12786,"edition_id":1,"name":"Boards","identifier":"24","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12785,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":174687,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12786,"identifier":"24","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12785,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies","identifier":"D","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":173913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12785,"identifier":"D","token":"2.2\/I\/D","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12784,"edition_id":1,"name":"Organization of State Government","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":171455,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12784,"identifier":"I","token":"2.2\/I","url":"\/2.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":85200,"structure_id":15686,"section_number":"2.2-2400","catch_line":"Art and Architectural Review Board; members and officers; travel expenses; quorum; compensation; staff; report","url":"\/2.2-2400\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2400","metadata":false},{"id":60073,"structure_id":15686,"section_number":"2.2-2401","catch_line":"Works of art accepted by Governor; approval by Board; meaning of \"work of art.\"","url":"\/2.2-2401\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2401","metadata":false},{"id":82549,"structure_id":15686,"section_number":"2.2-2402","catch_line":"Governor's approval of works of art; removal, etc.; structures, fixtures and works of art placed on or extending over state property","url":"\/2.2-2402\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2402","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":60073,"structure_id":15686,"section_number":"2.2-2401","catch_line":"Works of art accepted by Governor; approval by Board; meaning of \"work of art.\"","url":"\/2.2-2401\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2401","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/2.2-2402\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 223; in 1970, chapter 203; in 1975, chapter 514; in 1978, chapter 580; in 2000, chapter 551<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":174699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82549,"identifier":"2.2-2402","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2402","url":"\/2.2-2402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2402\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/1\/2.2-2402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Governor’s approval of works of art; removal, etc.; structures, fixtures and works of art placed on or extending over state property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No work of art shall become the property of the Commonwealth by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless the work of art or a design thereof, together with its proposed location, have been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel<\/span> of the Board. Nor shall any work of art, until so submitted and approved, be contracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth. No existing work of art owned by the Commonwealth shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way without submission to the Governor.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art portraying, or pertaining to, a present or former Governor and presented to, or acquired, by the Governor and displayed in that part of the building under the direct supervision of the Governor or a present or former presiding officer of the Senate or a member or former member of the Supreme Court<\/span>, the Senate, or the House of Delegates, presented to, or acquired by, the member’s or presiding officer’s respective body and displayed in that part of any building under the direct supervision and jurisdiction<\/span> of such body nor shall they apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No construction or erection of any building or any appurtenant structure of any nature, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, and no construction or erection of any bridge, arch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture intended primarily for ornamental or memorial purposes, and which is to be paid for, either wholly or in part by appropriation from the state treasury, and, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be begun, unless the design and proposed location thereof have been submitted to the Governor and its artistic character approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel<\/span> of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. No existing structure of the kinds described in this subsection, owned by the Commonwealth, shall be removed, remodeled or added to, nor shall any appurtenant structure be attached without submission to the Governor and the artistic character of the proposed new structure approved in writing by him acting with the advice and counsel<\/span> of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No work of art not owned by the Commonwealth shall be placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth for a period of more than two years unless such work of art or a design thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel<\/span> of the Board.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOVERNOR’S APPROVAL OF WORKS OF ART; REMOVAL, ETC.; STRUCTURES, FIXTURES\nAND WORKS OF ART PLACED ON OR EXTENDING OVER STATE PROPERTY (\u00a7 2.2-2402)\n\nA. No work of art shall become the property of the Commonwealth by purchase,\ngift or otherwise, unless the work of art or a design thereof, together with its\nproposed location, have been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting\nwith the advice and counsel of the Board. Nor shall any work of art, until so\nsubmitted and approved, be contracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to\nextend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth. No existing work of art\nowned by the Commonwealth shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way\nwithout submission to the Governor.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art\nportraying, or pertaining to, a present or former Governor and presented to, or\nacquired, by the Governor and displayed in that part of the building under the\ndirect supervision of the Governor or a present or former presiding officer of\nthe Senate or a member or former member of the Supreme Court, the Senate, or the\nHouse of Delegates, presented to, or acquired by, the member’s or\npresiding officer’s respective body and displayed in that part of any\nbuilding under the direct supervision and jurisdiction of such body nor shall\nthey apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art acquired by the Virginia\nMuseum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural\ndepartments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.\n\nB. No construction or erection of any building or any appurtenant structure of\nany nature, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property\nbelonging to the Commonwealth, and no construction or erection of any bridge,\narch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture intended primarily for\nornamental or memorial purposes, and which is to be paid for, either wholly or\nin part by appropriation from the state treasury, and, which is to be placed on\nor allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be\nbegun, unless the design and proposed location thereof have been submitted to\nthe Governor and its artistic character approved in writing by him acting with\nthe advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to\ndisapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. No\nexisting structure of the kinds described in this subsection, owned by the\nCommonwealth, shall be removed, remodeled or added to, nor shall any appurtenant\nstructure be attached without submission to the Governor and the artistic\ncharacter of the proposed new structure approved in writing by him acting with\nthe advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to\ndisapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission.\n\nC. No work of art not owned by the Commonwealth shall be placed in or upon or\nallowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth for a period\nof more than two years unless such work of art or a design thereof has been\nsubmitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of\nthe Board.\n\t\t\tThis subsection shall not apply to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or\nmuseums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public\ninstitutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 582; 1920, p. 393; 1942, p. 197; R. P. 1948, \u00a7 9-11;\n1956, c. 223; 1970, c. 203; 1975, c. 514; 1978, c. 580, \u00a7 2.1-488.4; 2000, c.\n551; 2001, c. 844.","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}}