                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BUDGET BILL TO INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR LAND PRESERVATION (§ 2.2-1509.4)

Each year the Governor shall include in &#8220;The Budget Bill&#8221; submitted
pursuant to subsection A of § 2.2-1509 or in his amendments to the general
appropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of § 2.2-1509 a
recommended appropriation from the general fund pursuant to subdivision D 4 c of
§ 58.1-512 to be allocated as follows: 80 percent of such amount to the
Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be used in accordance with § 10.1-1020, with
no less than 50 percent of such appropriation to be used for fee simple
acquisitions with public access or acquisitions of easements with public access;
10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be
used in accordance with § 10.1-2202.4; and 10 percent of such amount to the
Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with
§ 10.1-1119.3.

HISTORY: 2013, c. 798; 2015, c. 467; 2024, cc. 10, 146.