                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EASEMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS (§ 10.1-110)

A. The Director is authorized, subject to the consent and approval of the
Governor following review as to form and content by the Attorney General, to
grant to any governmental agency, political subdivision, public utility company,
public service corporation, public service company or authority for
consideration by proper deed or other appropriate instrument signed and executed
by the Director in the name of the Commonwealth, any easement over, upon and
across any lands or other properties held by the Commonwealth or over which it
has supervision and control, provided that the easement is consistent with and
not in derogation of the general purpose for which the land or other property is
held. No easement shall be granted for an initial term longer than ten years,
but may contain provisions for renewals either contingent or automatic at the
discretion of the Director, for a like period on the same terms and conditions
as originally granted. If written notice of termination is received by the
Director from the grantee or if use of the easement is in fact abandoned by the
grantee at any time prior to the end of the initial term or any renewal, the
Director may immediately terminate the easement. If the Department amends its
master site plan to include buildings, structures or improvements on or in the
vicinity of any easement granted under this section, the Director reserves the
right to require, upon written notice given 180 days in advance, the relocation
of the easement at the expense of the grantee of the easement.

B. The relocation requirement of subsection A shall not apply to any easement
granted by the Director to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 835, § 10-17.114; 1980, c. 451; 1984, c. 739; 1987, c. 453;
1988, c. 891; 1991, c. 360.