                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROJECTS; ACTING AS AGENT FOR UNITED STATES,
ETC.; ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS (§ 10.1-547)

Districts shall have the following additional authority:

1. To acquire by purchase, lease, or other similar means, and to administer, any
soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, agricultural and
nonagricultural water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention
project, or combinations thereof, located within its boundaries undertaken by
the United States or any of its agencies, or by the Commonwealth or any of its
agencies;

2. To manage, as agent of the United States or any of its agencies, or of the
Commonwealth or any of its agencies, any soil conservation, flood prevention,
drainage, irrigation, agricultural and nonagricultural water management, erosion
control or erosion prevention project, or combinations thereof, within its
boundaries;

3. To act as agent for the United States or any of its agencies, or for the
Commonwealth or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition,
construction, maintenance, operation, or administration of any soil
conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, agricultural and
nonagricultural water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention
project, or combinations thereof, within its boundaries;

4. To accept donations, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials,
or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, or from the
Commonwealth or any of its agencies or from any other source, and to use or
expend such moneys, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on
its operations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 21-62; 1956, c. 654; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.