                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN LAND (§ 53.1-95.9)

An authority created pursuant to this article is hereby authorized and empowered
to acquire by gift or by lease or purchase solely from funds provided under the
provisions of this article such lands, structures, property, rights,
rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it may
deem necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of the project
upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable
and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof.
		All public agencies and the commissions of the Commonwealth, with the approval
of the Governor, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant, or
convey to an authority created pursuant to this article at its request, upon
such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon, without the necessity
for any advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, any real
property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the
authorized purposes of the authority, including real property already devoted to
public use.
		Title to any property acquired by an authority created pursuant to this
article shall be taken in the name of the authority.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 837.