                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY COMMISSION (§ 16.1-319)

The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any real
property, including fixtures and improvements, which it may deem necessary to
carry out the purposes of this article, after the adoption by it of a resolution
declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the
public interest and necessary for public use; provided, however, that no such
real property shall be so acquired or such facility established within the
territorial limits of such political subdivision without the approval, after
public hearing, of the governing body of such political subdivision.
		Subject to the provisions of § 25.1-102, property already devoted to a public
use may be acquired, provided, that no property belonging to any county or city,
religious corporation, unincorporated church or charitable corporation may be
acquired without its consent.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-202.6; 1977, c. 559; 2003, c. 940; 2006, c. 673.