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2002 SESSION


CHAPTER 256
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10.1-2211.1, relating to Department of Historic Resources; maintenance of Revolutionary War graves.
[H 919]
Approved March 22, 2002

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 10.1-2211.1 as follows:

§ 10.1-2211.1. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves.

A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of the Commonwealth is instructed and empowered to draw annual warrants upon the State Treasurer from any sums that may be provided in the general appropriation act, in favor of the treasurers of Revolutionary War memorial associations caring for cemeteries as set forth in subsection B. Such sums shall be expended by the associations for the routine maintenance of their respective Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves and for the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors not otherwise cared for in other cemeteries, and in erecting and caring for markers, memorials, and monuments to the memory of such soldiers and sailors. All such associations, through their proper officers, are required after July 1 of each year to submit to the Director a certified statement that the funds appropriated to the association or organization in the preceding fiscal year were or will be expended for the routine maintenance of cemeteries specified in this section and the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors and in erecting and caring for markers, memorials and monuments to the memory of such soldiers and sailors. A cemetery association failing to comply with any of the requirements of this section shall be prohibited from receiving moneys allocated under this section for all subsequent fiscal years until the association fully complies with the requirements.

B. Allocation of appropriations made pursuant to this section shall be based on the number of graves, monuments and markers as set forth opposite the cemetery name, or as documented by each association multiplied by the rate of five dollars or the average actual cost of routine maintenance, whichever is greater, for each grave, monument or marker in the care of a cemetery association. For the purposes of this section the "average actual cost of care" shall be determined by the Department in a biennial survey of at least four properly maintained cemeteries, each located in a different geographical region of the Commonwealth.

  IN THE COUNTIES OF:                                                NUMBER: 
Amherst
   St. Matthews Episcopal Church                                         3
Augusta
   Bethel Presbyterian Church                                           33
   Glebe Burying Ground                                                 11
   Mossy Creek Cemetery                                                  6
   Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church                                    44
   Hebron Presbyterian Church                                            6
   Old Providence Presbyterian Church                                   20
   Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church                                      4
   St. John's Reformed Lutheran Church                                   4
   St. Peter's Lutheran Church                                           3
   Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church                                 13
   Trinity Lutheran Church                                               8
Botetourt
   Fincastle Presbyterian Church                                        28
Campbell
   Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery                                             4
   Cobbs Hall Farm                                                       3
   Concord Presbyterian Church                                           4
   Family Cemetery at Avoca                                              3
   Mount Airy Family Cemetery                                            3
   Haden Family Cemetery on Phillips Farm                                3
   Hat Creek Presbyterian Church                                         3
Clarke
   Old Chapel Churchyard                                                 3
Culpeper
   Culpeper Cemetery                                                     3
   Masonic Cemetery                                                      3
Dinwiddie
   Sweden Plantation                                                     3
Floyd
   Pine Creek Cemetery                                                   4
Franklin
   Tanyard-Benard-Hill Cemetery                                          3
Greenesville
   Robinson Family Cemetery                                              3
Halifax
   Terry Family Cemetery                                                 5
Hanover
   Spring Grove Cemetery                                                 5
Henry
   Leatherwood Plantation                                               5
Loudoun
   Ketoctin Cemetery                                                     7
Louisa
   Little River Baptist Church                                           3
Nelson
   Cub Creek Road Cemetery                                              10
Page
   Printz Family Cemetery                                                3
Pittsylvania
   Buckler Family Cemetery                                               3
Roanoke
   Walton Family Cemetery                                                3
Rockingham
   Dayton Cemetery                                                       3
   Old Peaked Mountain Church                                           30
Russell
   Soloman Litton Hollow Cemetery                                        4
Shenandoah
   St. Mary's Lutheran Church                                            7
Tazewell
   Thompson Family Cemetery                                              4
Washington
   Green Spring Church                                                   6
   Sinking Spring Cemetery                                               9
Wythe
   St. John's Lutheran Church                                            5
   St. Paul's Lutheran Church                                            4
  IN THE CITIES OF: 
Alexandria
   Christ Church Cemetery                                                8
   Old Presbyterian Meeting House                                       43
Fairfax
   Fairfax City Cemetery                                                 3
   Pohick Church Cemetery                                                3
   Washington Family Tomb                                                3
Fredericksburg
   Fredericksburg Cemetery                                               5
   Masonic Cemetery                                                      6
   St. George's Episcopal Church                                         3
Lexington
   Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery                                  19
   Washington and Lee University                                         3
Lynchburg 
   Old City Cemetery                                                     3
Newport News
   Warwick Burial Ground                                                 3
Norfolk
   St. Paul's Cemetery                                                   3
Portsmouth
   Cedar Grove                                                           4
   Trinity Episcopal Church                                              5
Richmond
   Hollywood Cemetery                                                    4
   Shockoe Hill Cemetery                                                 8
   St. John's Episcopal Church                                           4
Rockbridge
   Falling Spring Presbyterian Church                                    6
   High Bridge Presbyterian Church                                       3
   New Providence Presbyterian Church                                   15
   Timber Ridge Cemetery                                                 9
Staunton
   Trinity Episcopal Church                                             17
Williamsburg
   Bruton Parish Church                                                  4
Winchester
   Mount Hebron Cemetery                                                31
   Old Opequon Presbyterian Church                                      10

C. In addition to funds that may be provided pursuant to subsection B, any of the associations set forth in subsection B may apply to the Director for grants to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair or reconstruction of any of their respective Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves and for the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors. These grants shall be made from any appropriation made available by the General Assembly for such purpose. In making such grants, the Director shall give full consideration to the assistance available from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or other agencies, except in those instances where such assistance is deemed by the Director to be detrimental to the historical, artistic or architectural significance of the site.

D. Local matching funds shall not be required for grants made pursuant to this section.