                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERETO TO CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES,
UTILITY COMPANIES, PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS BY STATE
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES OR INSTITUTIONS; COMMUNICATION TOWERS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMPANIES (§ 2.2-1151)

A. When it is deemed to be in the public interest and subject to guidelines
adopted by the Department:

   1. Any state department, agency or institution, through its executive head or
   governing board may convey to public utility companies, public service
   corporations or companies, political subdivisions, cable television companies,
   or telecommunications companies right-of-way easements over property owned by
   the Commonwealth and held in its possession and any wires, pipes, conduits,
   fittings, supports and appurtenances thereto for the transmission of
   electricity, telephone, cable television, telecommunications, water, gas,
   steam, or sewage placed on, over or under the property.

   2. Any state department, agency or institution having responsibility for a
   state-owned office building, through its executive head or governing board,
   may lease space to a credit union in the building for the purpose of providing
   credit union services that are readily accessible to state employees. The
   lease shall be for a term of not more than five years, with annual renewals or
   new leases permitted thereafter. Such lease may be granted for no
   consideration or for less than the fair market value.

   3. Property owned by the Commonwealth may be sold or leased or other interests
   or rights therein granted or conveyed to political subdivisions or persons
   providing communication or information services for the purpose of erecting,
   operating, using or maintaining communication towers, antennas, or other radio
   distribution devices. If any tower proposed to be erected on property owned by
   the Commonwealth is to be used solely by private persons providing
   communication or information services, and there is no immediate use planned
   or anticipated by any department, agency or institution of the Commonwealth or
   political subdivision, the guidelines shall provide a means to obtain comments
   from the local governing body where the property is located. The conveyances
   shall be for such consideration as the Director of the Department deems
   appropriate, and may include shared use of the facilities by other political
   subdivisions or persons providing the same or similar services, and by
   departments, agencies, or institutions of the Commonwealth.

B. No transaction authorized by this section shall be made without the prior
written recommendation by the Department to the Governor, the written approval
by the Governor of the transaction itself, and the approval by the Attorney
General as to the form of the instruments prior to execution.

C. This section shall not (i) apply to any lease or conveyance of a license or
other interest in a communication tower for use in the deployment of wireless
broadband service within an unserved area of the Commonwealth made pursuant to
&#xA7; 2.2-1150.2 or (ii) be construed to alter the control or ownership of
towers currently maintained by other agencies of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 641, § 2.1-504.4; 1986, c. 536; 1989, c. 710; 1996, c. 442;
2001, c. 844; 2008, cc. 356, 676, 690; 2022, cc. 67, 68.