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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 250<\/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":70079,"section_number":"10.1-2011","catch_line":"Acceptance of gifts; expenditures; certain powers of educational institutions to apply","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2011\/"},{"id":56640,"section_number":"23.1-1006","catch_line":"Management agreement; contents and scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1006\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":184607,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83553,"identifier":"23.1-103","token":"23.1\/I\/1\/2\/23.1-103","url":"\/23.1-103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-103\/","token":"23.1\/I\/1\/2\/23.1-103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Localities; conveyance of property and appropriation of funds to Commonwealth for certain educational purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The governing body of any locality may, subject to written advice from the Governor that the gift is acceptable, convey to the Commonwealth by deed of gift any land that is not required for the purposes of such locality, provided such land is to be used for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a branch or division of a public institution of higher education<\/span>, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. For the purpose of acquiring such land, the governing body of the locality may appropriate a portion of the general funds of the locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The governing body of any locality may appropriate a portion of the locality’s public funds for capital outlays in connection with the operation or maintenance of any public institution of higher education<\/span> or branch or division of such institution, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITIES; CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO COMMONWEALTH\nFOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (\u00a7 23.1-103)\n\nA. The governing body of any locality may, subject to written advice from the\nGovernor that the gift is acceptable, convey to the Commonwealth by deed of gift\nany land that is not required for the purposes of such locality, provided such\nland is to be used for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a branch\nor division of a public institution of higher education, the Jamestown-Yorktown\nFoundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.\nFor the purpose of acquiring such land, the governing body of the locality may\nappropriate a portion of the general funds of the locality.\n\nB. The governing body of any locality may appropriate a portion of the\nlocality’s public funds for capital outlays in connection with the\noperation or maintenance of any public institution of higher education or branch\nor division of such institution, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science\nMuseum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 250, \u00a7 23-3.1; 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}}