                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GOVERNOR&#8217;S APPROVAL OF WORKS OF ART; REMOVAL, ETC.; STRUCTURES, FIXTURES
AND WORKS OF ART PLACED ON OR EXTENDING OVER STATE PROPERTY (§ 2.2-2402)

A. No work of art shall become the property of the Commonwealth by purchase,
gift or otherwise, unless the work of art or a design thereof, together with its
proposed location, have been submitted to and approved by the Governor acting
with the advice and counsel of the Board. Nor shall any work of art, until so
submitted and approved, be contracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to
extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth. No existing work of art
owned by the Commonwealth shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way
without submission to the Governor.
			This subsection shall not apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art
portraying, or pertaining to, a present or former Governor and presented to, or
acquired, by the Governor and displayed in that part of the building under the
direct supervision of the Governor or a present or former presiding officer of
the Senate or a member or former member of the Supreme Court, the Senate, or the
House of Delegates, presented to, or acquired by, the member&#8217;s or
presiding officer&#8217;s respective body and displayed in that part of any
building under the direct supervision and jurisdiction of such body nor shall
they apply to any portrait, tablet or work of art acquired by the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts or museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural
departments at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.

B. No construction or erection of any building or any appurtenant structure of
any nature, which is to be placed on or allowed to extend over any property
belonging to the Commonwealth, and no construction or erection of any bridge,
arch, gate, fence, or other structure or fixture intended primarily for
ornamental or memorial purposes, and which is to be paid for, either wholly or
in part by appropriation from the state treasury, and, which is to be placed on
or allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be
begun, unless the design and proposed location thereof have been submitted to
the Governor and its artistic character approved in writing by him acting with
the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to
disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission. No
existing structure of the kinds described in this subsection, owned by the
Commonwealth, shall be removed, remodeled or added to, nor shall any appurtenant
structure be attached without submission to the Governor and the artistic
character of the proposed new structure approved in writing by him acting with
the advice and counsel of the Board, unless the Governor has failed to
disapprove in writing the design within 30 days after its submission.

C. No work of art not owned by the Commonwealth shall be placed in or upon or
allowed to extend over any property belonging to the Commonwealth for a period
of more than two years unless such work of art or a design thereof has been
submitted to and approved by the Governor acting with the advice and counsel of
the Board.
			This subsection shall not apply to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or
museums operated in conjunction with art or architectural departments at public
institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 582; 1920, p. 393; 1942, p. 197; R. P. 1948, § 9-11;
1956, c. 223; 1970, c. 203; 1975, c. 514; 1978, c. 580, § 2.1-488.4; 2000, c.
551; 2001, c. 844.