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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70082</law_id><section_number>10.1-645</section_number><catch_line>Limits on expenditures authorized under &#xA7; 10.1-638 B; sale of resulting facilities; sale of stored water; renting facilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-646</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Flood Protection and Dam Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Conservation, Small Watersheds Flood Control and Area Development Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Expenditures by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for any one <span class="dictionary">facility</span> under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes for which fund to be used" href="/10.1-638/">10.1-638</a> B shall not exceed $500,000 without the written approval of the Governor for construction and seeding, acquisition of land, easements, and rights-of-way, engineering costs, appraisal costs, legal services, and other costs related to the <span class="dictionary">facility</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> is authorized to sell any <span class="dictionary">facility</span> resulting from an expenditure authorized by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes for which fund to be used" href="/10.1-638/">10.1-638</a> B to any entity to whom a loan could be made pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes for which fund to be used" href="/10.1-638/">10.1-638</a> A under the terms and conditions prescribed hereinafter. Conveyances of any such facilities shall be executed by the chairman of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> acting pursuant to a resolution of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and shall be approved by the Governor and <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> as to form and substance. Upon the transfer of title of such facilities, the purchasing entity shall grant an easement or right-of-way to the appropriate soil and water conservation district to assure the continued operation, inspection and repair of the works of improvement on the land sold, and in all cases, the purchasing entity shall agree to maintain the <span class="dictionary">facility</span> in a satisfactory manner. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with an entity eligible to borrow from the <span class="dictionary">revolving fund</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes for which fund to be used" href="/10.1-638/">10.1-638</a> A, for the sale of water stored at facilities constructed by expenditures pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purposes for which fund to be used" href="/10.1-638/">10.1-638</a> B. However, it is not the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of this article to provide a means whereby the Commonwealth shall store and sell water to such entities; therefore, unless <span class="dictionary">extenuating circumstances</span> prevail, such <span class="dictionary">contract</span> shall be entered into with the understanding that such entities shall acquire the rights of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> in the water storage <span class="dictionary">facility</span> by a future date agreeable to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and entity. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may lease such facilities to any agency or entity of government, corporation, organization or individual for recreational purposes or any other uses which will not impair the facilities&#x2019; value for future water supply. Proceeds from the sale of stored water or sale or rental of such facilities shall be placed in the <span class="dictionary">revolving fund</span>.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 591, &#xA7; 21-11.9; 1972, c. 821; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
