                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RELIEF FROM RENT (§ 28.2-627)

The Commissioner may forgive ground rent for oyster leases in any area declared
a disaster area for oyster culture. A disaster area may be declared when any
natural or man-made condition arises which precludes satisfactory culture of
oysters in that area. Such declaration for an area shall be made by the
Commissioner upon the advice of the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine
Science on or before July 1 of each year, and ground rent due and payable in
September following such declaration may be forgiven for the ensuing tax year.
Such relief may continue until the Commissioner with the approval of the
Virginia Institute of Marine Science declares the area again productive.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-128; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-114; 1992, c. 836.