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VA:1-603 | 1-603 | (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Plane coordinates used in systems | <p>The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of these systems, shall be expressed in U.S. survey feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate," shall give the position in an ea... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-603/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-604 | 1-604 | Tract of land lying in both coordinate zones | <p>When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the two coordinate zones established in this chapter, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, with the zone that is used being specifically named in the description.</p><p... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-604/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-605 | 1-605 | (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Definition of systems by National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey; adopted | <p>A. For purposes of more precisely defining the Virginia Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey is adopted:</p><p>The Virginia Coordinate System of 1927, North Zone, is a Lambert conformal projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1896, having standard pa... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-605/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-606 | 1-606 | (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Position of systems | <p>The position of the Virginia coordinate systems shall be as marked on the ground by triangulation or traverse stations established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first-order and second-order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-606/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-607 | 1-607 | Limitation on use of systems | <p>No coordinates based on the Virginia coordinate systems, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within two kilometers of a public or private monumented horizontal control station established in... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-607/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-608 | 1-608 | (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2025, cc. 91 and 109, cl. 2) Limitation on use of name of systems | <p>The use of the terms "Virginia Coordinate System of 1927" or "Virginia Coordinate System of 1983" on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Virginia coordinate systems as defined in this chapter.</p><p>1946, p. 168; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 2849(7); Code 1950, § 55-295... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-608/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-609 | 1-609 | Use of system not compulsory | <p>For purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary corner in the Commonwealth, it shall be considered a complete, legal, and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of such survey station or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates defined in this cha... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-609/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:1-610 | 1-610 | Old Dominion University designated as administrative agency | <p>Old Dominion University is designated as the authorized state agency to collect and distribute information, to authorize such modifications as are referred to in § <a href='/vacode/1-607/'>1-607</a>, and generally to advise with and assist appropriate state and federal agencies and individuals interested in the deve... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title1/chapter6/section1-610/ | VA:Title-1-Chapter-6 | 6 | Virginia Coordinate Systems | VA:Title-1 | 1 | General Provisions | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-100 | 10.1-100 | Definitions | <p>As used in this subtitle, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>"Department" means the Department of Conservation and Recreation.</p><p>"Director" means the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.</p><p>1988, c. 891; 1989, c. 656.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-100/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-101 | 10.1-101 | Department continued; appointment of Director | <p>The Department of Conservation and Historic Resources is continued as the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Department shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term coincident with his own.</p><p>1984, c. 750, § 10-252; 1988, c. 891; 1989, c. 656.</p><p clas... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-101/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-102 | 10.1-102 | Powers and duties of Director | <p>The Director, under the direction and control of the Governor, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties that are conferred upon him by law and he shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Governor or the appropriate citizen boards.</p><p>1984, c. 750, § 10-252.1; 1988, c. 891.</p><p cl... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-102/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-103 | 10.1-103 | Organization of the Department | <p>The Director shall establish divisions through which the functions of the Department and the corresponding powers and duties may be exercised and discharged. The Director shall appoint competent persons to direct the various functions and programs of the Department, and may delegate any of the powers and duties conf... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-103/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104 | 10.1-104 | Powers of the Department | <p>A. The Department shall have the following powers, which may be delegated by the Director:</p><p>1. To employ such personnel as may be required to carry out those duties conferred by law;</p><p>2. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the exe... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.01 | 10.1-104.01 | Repealed | <p>Repealed by Acts 2020, c. <a href='http://LegacyLIS.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0490'>490</a>, cl. 2.</p><p></p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may e... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.01/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.02 | 10.1-104.02 | Policies for consultation with federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth | <p>A. The Department, with assistance from the Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation designated pursuant to § <a href='/vacode/2.2-401.01/'>2.2-401.01</a>, shall develop policies and procedures, to the extent permitted by law, to ensure an opportunity for meaningful and appropriate written consultation with potentially imp... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.02/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.1 | 10.1-104.1 | Department to assist in the nonpoint source pollution management program | <p>A. The Department, with the advice of the Board of Conservation and Recreation and the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board and in cooperation with other agencies, organizations, and the public as appropriate, shall assist in the Commonwealth's nonpoint source pollution management program.</p><p>B. The Departm... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.2 | 10.1-104.2 | Voluntary nutrient management training and certification program | <p>A. The Department shall operate a voluntary nutrient management training and certification program to certify, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board pursuant to subsection D, the competence of persons preparing nutrient management plans for the purpose of (i) assist... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.2/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.2:1 | 10.1-104.2:1 | Nitrogen application rates; regulations | <p>A. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board shall adopt regulations that amend the application rates in the Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria by incorporating into such regulations or the documents incorporated by reference the recommended application rates for nitrogen in lawn fertilizer and... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.2:1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.3 | 10.1-104.3 | Clean Water Farm Award Program | <p>The Director shall establish the Clean Water Farm Award Program to recognize farms in the Commonwealth which utilize practices designed to protect water quality and soil resources. A farm shall be eligible for recognition upon application from the farmer or the local soil and water conservation district, if the dist... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.3/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.4 | 10.1-104.4 | Nutrient management plans required for state lands; review of plans | <p>A. On or before July 1, 2006, all state agencies, public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, and other state governmental entities that own land upon which fertilizer, manure, sewage sludge or other compounds containing nitrogen or phosphorus are applied to support agricultural, turf, plant growth,... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.4/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.5 | 10.1-104.5 | Nutrient management plans required for golf courses; penalty | <p>A. On or before July 1, 2017, all persons that own land operated as a golf course and upon which fertilizer, manure, sewage sludge, or other compounds containing nitrogen or phosphorous are applied to support turf, plant growth, or other uses shall develop and implement nutrient management plans for such land in acc... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.5/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.6 | 10.1-104.6 | Supplemental environmental projects | <p>A. As used in this section:</p><p>"Supplemental environmental project" means an environmentally beneficial project undertaken as partial settlement of a civil enforcement action and not otherwise required by law.</p><p>B. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board or the Director acting on behalf of the Board or... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.6/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.6:1 | 10.1-104.6:1 | ConserveVirginia program established | <p>A. The Department shall develop a program for the creation, maintenance, operation, and regular updating of a data-driven Geographical Information Systems model to prioritize potential conservation areas across the Commonwealth that would provide quantifiable benefits to the citizens of Virginia. Such program shall ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.6:1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.6:2 | 10.1-104.6:2 | Invasive plant species | <p>A. The Department shall create a list of invasive plant species no later than January 1, 2024, and shall update such list at least every four years thereafter.</p><p>B. No agency of the Commonwealth shall plant, sell, or propagate any plant on the list of invasive plants established in subsection A except when doing... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.6:2/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.7 | 10.1-104.7 | Resource management plans; effect of implementation; exclusions | <p>A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, agricultural landowners or operators who fully implement and maintain the applicable components of their resource management plan, in accordance with the criteria for such plans set out in § <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-104.8/'>10.1-104.8</a> and any... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.7/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.8 | 10.1-104.8 | Resource management plans; criteria | <p>A. The Soil and Water Conservation Board shall by regulation, and in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of Environmental Quality, specify the criteria to be included in a resource management plan.</p><p>B. The regulations shall:</p><p>1. Be technically achievable... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.8/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-104.9 | 10.1-104.9 | Regulations under this article | <p>Regulations adopted by the Board for the enforcement of this article shall be subject to the requirements set out in §§ <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-4007.03/'>2.2-4007.03</a>, <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-4007.04/'>2.2-4007.04</a>, <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-104.9/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-105 | 10.1-105 | Board of Conservation and Recreation | <p>The Board of Conservation and Recreation shall be reorganized and is established as a policy board in the executive branch in accordance with § <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-2100/'>2.2-2100</a> and shall consist of 12 members to be appointed by the Governor. The Board shall be the successor to the ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-105/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-106 | 10.1-106 | Officers; meetings; quorum | <p>The Board shall elect one of its members chairman, and another as vice-chairman. The Director or his designee shall serve as executive secretary to the Board.</p><p>The Board shall meet at least three times a year on the call of the chairman or the Director. The vice-chairman shall fill the position of chairman in t... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-106/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-107 | 10.1-107 | General powers and duties of the Board | <p>A. The Board shall advise the Governor and the Director on activities of the Department. Upon the request of the Governor, or the Director, the Board shall institute investigations and make recommendations.</p><p>The Board shall formulate recommendations to the Director concerning:</p><p>1. Requests for grants or lo... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-107/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-108 | 10.1-108 | Definitions | <p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>"Environment" means the natural, scenic, scientific and historic attributes of the Commonwealth.</p><p>"Exploration" means the examination and investigation of land for the purpose of locating and determining the extent of minerals, by e... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-108/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-109 | 10.1-109 | Lease of lands and other properties | <p>A. The Director is authorized, subject to the written recommendation of the Department of General Services to the Governor and the written approval of the Governor, following review as to form and content by the Attorney General and the provisions of this article, to lease to any person for consideration, by appropr... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-109/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-110 | 10.1-110 | Easements to governmental agencies and public service corporations | <p>A. The Director is authorized, subject to the consent and approval of the Governor following review as to form and content by the Attorney General, to grant to any governmental agency, political subdivision, public utility company, public service corporation, public service company or authority for consideration by ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-110/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-111 | 10.1-111 | Removal of minerals | <p>The Director, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to make and execute leases, contracts or deeds in the name of the Commonwealth, for the removal or mining of minerals that may be found in Departmental lands whenever it appears to the Director that it would be in the best interest of the Commonwealth to... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-111/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-112 | 10.1-112 | Capital improvement projects | <p>The Director is authorized to make and execute leases and contracts in the name of the Commonwealth for the development and operation of revenue-producing capital improvement projects in Virginia state parks upon the written approval of the Governor. Prior to approval, the Governor shall consider the written recomme... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-112/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-113 | 10.1-113 | Sale of trees | <p>For the purpose of managing Departmental lands or maintaining the production of forest products in Departmental lands, the Director, upon the recommendation of the State Forester, may designate and appraise trees to be cut under the principles of scientific forest management, and may sell them for not less than thei... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-113/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-114 | 10.1-114 | Commemorative facilities and historic sites management; duties of Director | <p>In order to further public understanding and appreciation of the persons, places and events that contributed substantially to the development and enhancement of our Commonwealth's and nation's democratic and social values and ideals and in order to encourage, stimulate and support the identification, protection, pre... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-114/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-114.1 | 10.1-114.1 | Directory of cultural heritage sites | <p>A. The Director is authorized to develop a state directory of cultural heritage facilities and sites. The directory shall recognize commemorative and historic facilities and sites that interpret significant aspects of national, state, or regional culture or history. Sites included in the directory shall not be owned... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-114.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-115 | 10.1-115 | Appointment of conservation officers; qualifications; oath | <p>A. The Director, when he deems it necessary, may request the Governor to commission an individual designated by the Director to act as a conservation officer of the Commonwealth. Upon concurring with the Director's request, the Governor shall direct the Secretary of the Commonwealth to issue a conservation officer c... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-115/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-116 | 10.1-116 | Jurisdiction of conservation officers | <p>Conservation officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth on all Department lands and waters and upon lands and waters under the management or control of the Department, on property of the United States government or a department or agency thereof on which the Commonwealth has concurrent jurisdiction... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-116/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-117 | 10.1-117 | Powers and duties of conservation officers | <p>A. It shall be the duty of all conservation officers to uphold and enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, the regulations of the Department, and the rules and regulations of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission.</p><p>B. Commissioned conservation officers shall be law-enforcement officers and shall have the power to... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-117/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-118 | 10.1-118 | Decommissioning of conservation officers | <p>Upon separation from the Department or the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, incapacity, death, or other good cause, the Director may recommend in writing the decommissioning of any conservation officer to the Governor. Upon concurring with the Director's request, the Governor shall direct the Secretary of the Comm... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-118/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-119 | 10.1-119 | Defense of conservation officer of the Department prosecuted on criminal charges | <p>If any conservation officer shall be brought before any regulatory body, summoned before any grand jury, investigated by any other law-enforcement agency, or arrested or indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Director may employ sp... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-119/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-120 | 10.1-120 | Commissioning of Breaks Interstate Park Commission employees as conservation officers | <p>A. The Director shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation officer in accordance with subsection B of § <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-115/'>10.1-115</a> meets the minimum qualifications for law-enforceme... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter1/section10.1-120/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-1 | 1 | GENERAL PROVISIONS | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1000 | 10.1-1000 | Definitions | <p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>"Board" means the Cave Board.</p><p>"Cave" means any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge including natural subsurface water and drain... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1000/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1001 | 10.1-1001 | Cave Board; qualifications; officers | <p>A. The Cave Board is continued within the Department of Conservation and Recreation and shall consist of the Director of the Department of Historic Resources, or his designee, serving in an ex officio capacity and eleven citizens of Virginia appointed by the Governor for four-year terms. Appointments shall be made o... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1001/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1002 | 10.1-1002 | Powers and duties of Cave Board | <p>A. The Cave Board may perform all tasks necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the following:</p><p>1. Accept any gift, money, security or other source of funding and expend such funds to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.</p><p>2. Serve as an advisory board to any requesting state agen... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1002/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1003 | 10.1-1003 | Permits for excavation and scientific investigation; how obtained; penalties | <p>A. In addition to the written permission of the owner required by § <a href='/vacode/10.1-1004/'>10.1-1004</a>, a permit shall be obtained from the Department prior to excavating or removing any archaeological, paleontological, prehistoric, or historic feature of any cave. Prior to issuing any permit in a locality i... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1003/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1004 | 10.1-1004 | Vandalism; penalties | <p>A. It shall be unlawful for any person, without express, prior, written permission of the owner, to:</p><p>1. Break, break off, crack, carve upon, write, burn, or otherwise mark upon, remove, or in any manner destroy, disturb, deface, mar, or harm the surfaces of any cave or any natural material which may be found t... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1004/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1005 | 10.1-1005 | Pollution; penalties | <p>A. It shall be unlawful for any person, without express, prior, written permission of the owner, to store, dump, litter, dispose of or otherwise place any refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, or toxic substances harmful to cave life or humans, in any cave or sinkhole. It shall also be unlawful to burn within a cav... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1005/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1006 | 10.1-1006 | Disturbance of naturally occurring organisms; scientific collecting permits; penalties | <p>A. It shall be unlawful to remove, kill, harm, or otherwise disturb any naturally occurring organisms within any cave, except for safety or health reasons; however, scientific collecting permits may be obtained from the Department.</p><p>B. Any violation of this section shall be punished as a Class 3 misdemeanor.</p... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1006/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1007 | 10.1-1007 | Sale of speleothems; penalties | <p>It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any speleothems in this Commonwealth, or to export them for sale outside the Commonwealth. Any violation of this section shall be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor.</p><p>1979, c. 252, § 10-150.17; 1982, c. 81; 1988, c. 891.</p><p class='sidenote'>The cha... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1007/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1008 | 10.1-1008 | Liability of owners and agents limited; sovereign immunity of Commonwealth not waived | <p>Neither the owner of a cave nor his authorized agents acting within the scope of their authority are liable for injuries sustained by any person using the cave for recreational or scientific purposes if no charge has been made for the use of the cave, notwithstanding that an inquiry as to the experience or expertise... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10/section10.1-1008/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10 | 10 | Cave Protection Act | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1009 | 10.1-1009 | Definitions | <p>As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:</p><p>"Conservation easement" means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property, whether easement appurtenant or in gross, acquired through gift, purchase, devise, or bequest imposing limitations or affirmative obligations, the purposes of whi... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1009/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1010 | 10.1-1010 | Creation, acceptance and duration | <p>A. A holder may acquire a conservation easement by gift, purchase, devise or bequest.</p><p>B. No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1010/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1011 | 10.1-1011 | Taxation | <p>A. Where an easement held pursuant to this chapter or the Open-Space Land Act (§ <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-1700/'>10.1-1700</a> et seq.) by its terms is perpetual, neither the interest of the holder of a conservation easement nor a third-party right of enforcement of such an easement shall be ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1011/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1012 | 10.1-1012 | Notification | <p>Whenever any instrument conveying a conservation easement is recorded after July 1, 1988, the party responsible for recording it or his agent shall mail certified copies thereof, together with any attached plats and a notice specifying the date and place of recordation, to the commissioner of revenue for the local j... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1012/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1013 | 10.1-1013 | Standing | <p>An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by:</p><p>1. An owner of an interest in real property burdened by the easement;</p><p>2. A holder of the easement;</p><p>3. A person having an express third-party right of enforcement;</p><p>4. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth;</p><p>5. The Virginia ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1013/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1014 | 10.1-1014 | Validity | <p>A conservation easement is valid even though:</p><p>1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;</p><p>2. It can be or has been assigned to another holder;</p><p>3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;</p><p>4. It imposes a negative burden;</p><p>5. It imposes a... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1014/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1015 | 10.1-1015 | Conveyance to the Commonwealth | <p>Whenever any holder as defined in this chapter, or the successors or assigns thereof, shall cease to exist, any conservation easement and any right of enforcement held by it shall vest in the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, unless the instrument creating the easement otherwise provides for its transfer to some other h... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1015/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1016 | 10.1-1016 | Savings clause | <p>Nothing herein shall in any way affect the power of a public body under any other statute, including without limitation the Virginia Outdoors Foundation and the Virginia Historic Landmarks Board, to acquire and hold conservation easements or affect the terms of any such easement held by any public body.</p><p>1988, ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1016/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1016.1 | 10.1-1016.1 | Construction | <p>Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an easement held pursuant to this chapter shall be construed in favor of achieving the conservation purposes for which it was created.</p><p>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. <a href='http://LegacyLIS.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0274'>274</a>, <a href='http... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.1/section10.1-1016.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.1 | 10.1 | VIRGINIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACT | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1017 | 10.1-1017 | Foundation created | <p>There is hereby created the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, hereinafter referred to as the Foundation, a body politic and corporate to have such powers and duties as hereinafter provided.</p><p>1992, c. 426; 1999, cc. <a href='http://LegacyLIS.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0900'>900</a>, <a hre... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1017/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1018 | 10.1-1018 | Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees; membership; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses | <p>A. The Foundation shall be governed and administered by a Board of Trustees (the Board). The Board shall have a total membership of 20 members that shall consist of 18 citizen members and two ex officio voting members as follows: four citizen members, who may be members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1018/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1018.1 | 10.1-1018.1 | Reporting | <p>The chairman of the Board shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly, including the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conserva... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1018.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1019 | 10.1-1019 | Executive secretary; land management | <p>A. The Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall serve as executive secretary to the Foundation and shall be responsible for providing technical assistance and performing any administrative duties that the Foundation may direct.</p><p>B. The Department of Conservation and Recreation shall admin... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1019/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1020 | 10.1-1020 | Virginia Land Conservation Fund; purposes of Foundation | <p>A. The Foundation shall establish, administer, manage, including the creation of reserves, and make expenditures and allocations from a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund. The Foundation shall establish and administ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1020/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1021 | 10.1-1021 | Powers of the Foundation | <p>In order to carry out its purposes, the Foundation shall have the following powers and duties:</p><p>1. To prepare a comprehensive plan that recognizes and seeks to implement all of the purposes for which the Foundation is created. In preparing this plan, the Foundation shall:</p><p>a. Establish criteria for the exp... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1021/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1021.1 | 10.1-1021.1 | Geographic distribution of land protected | <p>The Foundation shall seek to achieve a fair distribution of land protected throughout the Commonwealth, based upon the following:</p><p>1. The importance of conserving land in all regions of the Commonwealth;</p><p>2. The importance of protecting specific properties that can benefit all Virginia citizens; and</p><p>... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1021.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1021.2 | 10.1-1021.2 | Additional powers of the Foundation; requests for conservation easement dispute mediation | <p>Any private owner of the fee interest in land that is subject to a perpetual conservation easement pursuant to Chapter 10.1 (§ <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-1009/'>10.1-1009</a> et seq.), any holder of such an easement, or any holder of a third-party right of enforcement of such an easement may su... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1021.2/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1022 | 10.1-1022 | Expenditure of restricted funds | <p>The Foundation shall expend restricted funds only in accordance with the applicable restrictions, or allocate such funds to the designated or otherwise appropriate state agency subject to such restrictions. The state agency receiving restricted funds shall expend such funds only in accordance with the applicable res... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1022/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1022.1 | 10.1-1022.1 | Expenditure of funds for natural area protection | <p>A. No matching grant shall be made from the Fund to any holder or public body for purchasing an interest in land for the protection of a natural area unless:</p><p>1. The holder or public body has demonstrated the necessary commitment and financial capability to manage the property; and</p><p>2. The Department has, ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1022.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1023 | 10.1-1023 | Certain expenditures prohibited | <p>Moneys from the Fund shall not be expended for the acquisition of any property interest through eminent domain.</p><p>1992, c. 426.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1023/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1024 | 10.1-1024 | Gifts and bequests to Foundation | <p>Gifts, devises and bequests of money, securities and other assets accepted by the Foundation, whether personal or real property, shall be deemed to be gifts to the Commonwealth, which shall be exempt from all state and local taxes and shall be regarded as property of the Commonwealth for the purposes of all tax laws... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1024/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1025 | 10.1-1025 | Forms of accounts and records; audit of same | <p>The accounts and records of the Foundation showing the receipt and disbursement of funds from whatever source derived shall be in such form as the Auditor of Public Accounts prescribes, provided that such accounts shall correspond as nearly as possible to the accounts and records for such matters maintained by simil... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1025/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1026 | 10.1-1026 | Cooperation of state agencies | <p>All state officers, agencies, commissions, boards, departments, institutions and foundations shall cooperate with and assist the Foundation in carrying out its purpose and, to that end, may accept any gift or conveyance of real property or interest therein or other property in the name of the Commonwealth from the F... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.2/section10.1-1026/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.2 | 10.2 | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1027 | 10.1-1027 | Wild Spanish Mustangs Fund established; administration; purpose | <p>There is hereby established in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Wild Spanish Mustangs Fund, hereafter referred to as the Fund. The Fund shall consist of such moneys as may be appropriated by the General Assembly and such other moneys as may be made available from any other source, pu... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter10.3/section10.1-1027/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-10.3 | 10.3 | WILD SPANISH MUSTANGS FUND | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1100 | 10.1-1100 | Department of Forestry; appointment of the State Forester | <p>The Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the Department, is continued as an agency under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry. The Department shall be headed by the State Forester, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a term coincid... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1100/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1100.1 | 10.1-1100.1 | Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail | <p>Whenever in this chapter the State Forester or the Department is required to send any mail or notice by certified mail and such mail or notice is sent certified mail, return receipt requested, then any subsequent, identical mail or notice that is sent by the State Forester or the Department may be sent by regular ma... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1100.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1101 | 10.1-1101 | General powers of Department | <p>The Department shall have the following general powers, all of which, with the approval of the State Forester, may be exercised by a unit of the Department with respect to matters assigned to that organizational entity:</p><p>1. Employ personnel required to carry out the purposes of this chapter;</p><p>2. Make and e... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1101/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1102 | 10.1-1102 | Board of Forestry | <p>The Board of Forestry within the Department of Forestry, referred to in this chapter as the Board, shall be composed of 13 members appointed by the Governor. At least two members shall be representatives of the pine pulpwood industry; two members shall be representatives of the pine lumber industry; two members shal... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1102/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1103 | 10.1-1103 | Powers of the Board | <p>A. The Board shall be charged with matters relating to the management of forest resources in the Commonwealth.</p><p>B. The Board shall advise the Governor and the Department on the state of forest resources within the Commonwealth and the management of forest resources. The Board shall encourage persons, agencies, ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1103/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1103.1 | 10.1-1103.1 | Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan | <p>A. The Department shall establish a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan (the Plan) to conserve the Commonwealth's forestland and incentivize the protection of forests and other similar sensitive natural areas as an integral part of state forestry planning and the local comprehensive planning process. ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1103.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1104 | 10.1-1104 | General powers and duties of State Forester | <p>The State Forester, under the direction and control of the Governor, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law and shall perform other duties required of him by the Governor or the appropriate citizen boards.</p><p>1986, c. 567, § 10-31.3; 1988, c. 891.</p><p class='sideno... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1104/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1105 | 10.1-1105 | Additional powers and duties of State Forester | <p>A. The State Forester shall supervise and direct all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the Commonwealth. He shall have charge of all forest wardens and shall appoint, direct and supervise persons he employs to perform labor in the forest reservations or the nurseries provided for herein,... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1105/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1105.1 | 10.1-1105.1 | Century forest and farm programs | <p>A. The State Forester shall establish and administer a century forest program to honor families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more and includes at least 20 contiguous acres of managed forest. In order to be eligible for recognition under the program, a property shall... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1105.1/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1106 | 10.1-1106 | State Forester to control forest reserves and funds; reforesting; preservation of timber, etc | <p>The care, management and preservation of the forest reserves of the Commonwealth and the forests thereon, and all moneys appropriated in that behalf, or collected therefrom in any way, and all personal and real property acquired to carry out the objects of this chapter, shall be subject to the control of the State F... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1106/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1107 | 10.1-1107 | Purchase of lands and acceptance of gifts for forestry purposes by the State Forester; management; definition of state forests | <p>A. The State Forester shall have authority to purchase in the name of the Commonwealth lands suitable for state forests. He may accept for state forest purposes gifts, devises and bequests of real and personal property as well as endowments, funds, and grants from any source. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1107/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1108 | 10.1-1108 | Waste and unappropriated lands | <p>Any waste and unappropriated land, other than ungranted shores of the sea, marsh or meadowlands exempted from grant by the provisions of § <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/41.1-3/'>41.1-3</a>, may be set apart permanently for use as state forest land, by a grant and proclamation signed by the Governor upo... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1108/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1109 | 10.1-1109 | State forests not subject to warrant, survey or patent | <p>Lands acquired by the Commonwealth for forestry purposes shall not be subject to warrant, survey or patent.</p><p>Code 1950, § 10-42; 1988, c. 891.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of s... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1109/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1110 | 10.1-1110 | Violation of regulations for supervision of state forests, etc | <p>Violators of any regulation for the supervision or use of any state forest, park, road, street or highway traversing the same, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.</p><p>Code 1950, § 10-43; 1988, c. 891.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1110/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1111 | 10.1-1111 | Kindling fires on state forests; cutting and removing timber; damaging land or timber | <p>Any person who kindles fire upon any of the state forests of this Commonwealth, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the State Forester, or who cuts and removes any timber, or who damages or causes the damage of forestland or timber belonging to the Commonwealth, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemean... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1111/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1112 | 10.1-1112 | Notices relating to forest fires and trespasses | <p>The State Forester shall distribute notices, printed in large letters on cloth or other suitable material, calling attention to the danger of forest fires, to the forest fire laws, and to trespass laws and their penalties, to forest wardens, and to owners of timberland to be posted by them in conspicuous places. Any... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1112/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1113 | 10.1-1113 | Not liable for trespass in performance of duties | <p>No action for trespass shall lie against the State Forester, or any agent or employee of the State Forester for lawful acts done in performance of his duties.</p><p>1986, c. 567, § 10-31.7; 1988, c. 891.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of t... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1113/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1114 | 10.1-1114 | Establishment of nurseries; distribution of seeds and seedlings | <p>A. The State Forester may establish and maintain a nursery or nurseries, for the propagation of forest tree seedlings, either upon one or more of the forest reservations of the Commonwealth, or upon such other land as he may and which he is empowered to acquire for that purpose. Seedlings from this nursery may be fu... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1114/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1115 | 10.1-1115 | Sale of trees | <p>For the purpose of maintaining in perpetuity the production of forest products on state forests, the State Forester may designate and appraise the trees which should be cut under the principles of scientific forest management, and may sell these trees for not less than the appraised value. When the appraised value o... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1115/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1116 | 10.1-1116 | Reforestation Operations Fund | <p>All money obtained from the state forests, except as provided in subsection E of § <a href='http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-1107/'>10.1-1107</a>, shall be paid into a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury, to the credit of the Reforestation Operations Fund (the Fund). Interest earned on the moneys ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1116/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1117 | 10.1-1117 | Specialized services or rentals of equipment to landowners, localities and state agencies; fees; disposition of proceeds | <p>The State Forester may cooperate with landowners, counties, municipalities and state agencies, by making available forestry services consisting of specialized or technical forestry equipment and an operator, or rent to them such specialized equipment. For such services or rentals, a reasonable fee, representing the ... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1117/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1118 | 10.1-1118 | Account of receipts and expenditures | <p>The State Forester shall keep a full and accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the Department.</p><p>Code 1950, § 10-40; 1986, c. 567; 1988, c. 891; 2004, c. <a href='http://LegacyLIS.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0058'>58</a>.</p><p class='sidenote'>The chapters of the acts of assembly... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1118/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
VA:10.1-1119 | 10.1-1119 | Preservation of evidence as to conserving forest supply; reports to General Assembly; publications | <p>The State Forester shall preserve all evidence taken by him with reference to conserving the forests of the Commonwealth and the methods best adapted to accomplish such object. He shall report his actions, conclusions and recommendations to each session of the General Assembly and from time to time publish for publi... | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title10.1/chapter11/section10.1-1119/ | VA:Title-10.1-Chapter-11 | 11 | FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY | VA:Title-10.1 | 10.1 | Conservation | VA | Code of Virginia |
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