                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRESERVATION EASEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED; USES (§ 10.1-2202.2)

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to
be known as the Preservation Easement Fund, hereafter referred to as &#8220;the
Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The
Fund shall consist of general funds appropriated by the General Assembly and
funds received as gifts, endowments, or grants from the United States
Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and funds from any other
available sources, public or private. All such funds shall be paid into the
state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund
shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the
Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not
revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.
			Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of: (i) supporting
and promoting a broad-based easement program and (ii) providing grants in
accordance with this section to persons who convey a perpetual easement to the
Board pursuant to the Open-Space Land Act (&#xA7; 10.1-1700 et seq.) and, if
applicable, the Virginia Conservation Easement Act (&#xA7; 10.1-1009 et seq.)
for the purposes of preserving real property which is important for its
historical, architectural or archaeological aspects. Expenditures and
disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants
issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director.

B. The Director shall establish, administer, manage, and make expenditures and
allocations from the Fund.

C. Grants from the Fund may be made to persons conveying a perpetual easement to
the Board to pay some or all of the costs associated with such conveyance, which
may include the cost of registering the property with the Virginia Landmarks
Register and the National Register of Historic Places, and legal, survey,
appraisal and other costs.

D. The Director shall establish guidelines for the submittal and evaluation of
grant applications and for the award of grants from the Fund. The guidelines
shall authorize the Director to give priority to applications that demonstrate
the applicant&#8217;s financial need for a grant.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 479.