                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS TO INQUIRE OF DEPARTMENT BEFORE
ACQUIRING LAND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS (§ 2.2-1154)

A. Any state department, agency or institution shall, before purchasing or
otherwise acquiring land for any capital improvement, inquire of the Department
whether there is available any suitable land under the control of the Department
or any other state department, agency or institution that may be authorized for
the purpose for which the additional land is needed.

B. The Department shall require every state department, agency or institution
responsible for the construction, operation or maintenance of public facilities
within the Commonwealth, when siting state facilities and programs, to evaluate
the feasibility of siting such facilities and programs in the
Commonwealth&#8217;s urban centers. In making such evaluation, the agency shall
consider (i) the fiscal advantages of utilizing the existing infrastructure
available in urban centers as compared to the construction of new infrastructure
in less developed areas, (ii) the potential savings associated with leasing
facilities from the private sector in urban centers as compared to purchasing or
constructing new facilities in other areas, (iii) the convenience to employees
and citizen users of state facilities and programs of placing such facilities
and programs in close proximity to the road and transportation systems and other
amenities found in the Commonwealth&#8217;s urban centers, and (iv) whether the
local governing body is supportive of the location as a desirable use of
available land resources.
			This subsection shall not be construed to limit the ability of a state
department, agency or institution to locate facilities based on other factors
such as a rural locality&#8217;s desire to stimulate economic development or the
need to have regionally dispersed services.

C. The provisions of subsection B shall not apply to any facility or program to
be located on the campus of any public institution of higher education in the
Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 717, § 2.1-106.4; 1977, c. 672, § 2.1-508; 2000, c. 704;
2001, c. 844; 2009, c. 612.