                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCALITIES; CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO COMMONWEALTH
FOR CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (§ 23.1-103)

A. The governing body of any locality may, subject to written advice from the
Governor that the gift is acceptable, convey to the Commonwealth by deed of gift
any land that is not required for the purposes of such locality, provided such
land is to be used for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a branch
or division of a public institution of higher education, the Jamestown-Yorktown
Foundation, the Science Museum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
For the purpose of acquiring such land, the governing body of the locality may
appropriate a portion of the general funds of the locality.

B. The governing body of any locality may appropriate a portion of the
locality&#8217;s public funds for capital outlays in connection with the
operation or maintenance of any public institution of higher education or branch
or division of such institution, the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the Science
Museum of Virginia, or the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 250, § 23-3.1; 2016, c. 588.