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2007 SESSION


CHAPTER 349
An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-2211.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves.
[H 3192]
Approved March 13, 2007

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 10.1-2211.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted 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
                                                                   16
      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.