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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 933<\/a> and 945<\/a> 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. 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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68739,"section_number":"23.1-1019","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; property, grants, and loans","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1019\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58899,"section_number":"2.2-1153","catch_line":"State agencies and institutions to notify Department of property not used or required; criteria","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1153\/"},{"id":86805,"section_number":"23.1-1016","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; financial operations; capital projects","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1016\/"},{"id":68739,"section_number":"23.1-1019","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; property, grants, and loans","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1019\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73063,"identifier":"23.1-1028","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1028","url":"\/23.1-1028\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1028\/","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1028","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered institutions; duties; leases of property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1028","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing board<\/span> of each covered institution<\/span> shall adopt such policies relating to the leasing of real property, including capital or operating\/income leases, that reasonably ensure that such leases are efficiently procured on appropriate terms and for appropriate purposes. With respect to capital or operating\/income leases for real property to be used for academic purposes or for real property owned by the institution or a foundation relating to the institution to be used for non-academic purposes in accordance with the institution’s land use plan pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1153<\/a>, other than applicable policies adopted by a covered institution<\/span>’s governing board<\/span> and provisions of general law<\/span> that expressly apply to covered institutions<\/span>, such institutions are exempt from any state or local statutes<\/span>, ordinances<\/span>, rules, regulations, and guidelines relating to (i) operating\/income leases of real property by public entities and (ii) except as otherwise provided in \u00a7\u00a7 23.1-1016<\/a> and 23.1-1019<\/a>, capital leases.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED INSTITUTIONS; DUTIES; LEASES OF PROPERTY (\u00a7 23.1-1028)\n\nThe governing board of each covered institution shall adopt such policies\nrelating to the leasing of real property, including capital or operating\/income\nleases, that reasonably ensure that such leases are efficiently procured on\nappropriate terms and for appropriate purposes. With respect to capital or\noperating\/income leases for real property to be used for academic purposes or\nfor real property owned by the institution or a foundation relating to the\ninstitution to be used for non-academic purposes in accordance with the\ninstitution’s land use plan pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-1153, other than applicable\npolicies adopted by a covered institution’s governing board and provisions\nof general law that expressly apply to covered institutions, such institutions\nare exempt from any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, and\nguidelines relating to (i) operating\/income leases of real property by public\nentities and (ii) except as otherwise provided in \u00a7\u00a7 23.1-1016 and 23.1-1019,\ncapital leases.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, \u00a7 23-38.113; 2016, c. 588.","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}}