                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY; MAKING PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND
TIMBERING USES, OUTDOOR AND RECREATIONAL USES (§ 10.1-208)

A. The Director is authorized to acquire by gift or purchase (i) unrestricted
fee simple title to tracts, (ii) fee simple title to such land subject to
reservation of farming rights or timber rights or (iii) easements in gross or
other interests in real estate as are designed to maintain the character of the
land as open-space land. Whenever practicable in the judgment of the Director,
real property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be made available for
agricultural and timbering uses which are compatible with the purposes of this
chapter.

B. The Director is authorized to acquire, in the name of the Commonwealth, by
gift or purchase, any real property or any interest therein, as the Director
deems necessary for obtaining, maintaining, improving, protecting and conserving
outdoor areas suitable for the development of a system of outdoor recreational
facilities, and to transfer such property to other state agencies as provided in
&#xA7; 2.2-1150.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 739, § 10-21.3:7; 1988, c. 891.