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2011 SESSION

11103049D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1615
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled January 7, 2011
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-2202 and 10.1-2211 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cemeteries and graves of historic significance.
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Patron-- Ward
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §§ 10.1-2202 and 10.1-2211 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 10.1-2202. Powers and duties of the Director.

In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon the Director elsewhere and in order to encourage, stimulate, and support the identification, evaluation, protection, preservation, and rehabilitation of the Commonwealth's significant historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources; in order to establish and maintain a permanent record of those resources; and in order to foster a greater appreciation of these resources among the citizens of the Commonwealth, the Director shall have the following powers and duties which may be delegated by the Director:

1. To employ such personnel as may be required to carry out those duties conferred by law;

2. To make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of his duties and the execution of his powers, including but not limited to contracts with private nonprofit organizations, the United States, other state agencies and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth;

3. To apply for and accept bequests, grants and gifts of real and personal property as well as endowments, funds, and grants from the United States government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and any other source. The Director shall have the authority to comply with such conditions and execute such agreements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable;

4. To perform acts necessary or convenient to carry out the duties conferred by law;

5. To promulgate regulations, in accordance with the Virginia Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) and not inconsistent with the National Historic Preservation Act (P.L. 89-665) and its attendant regulations, as are necessary to carry out all responsibilities incumbent upon the State Historic Preservation Officer, including at a minimum criteria and procedures for submitting nominations of properties to the National Park Service for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places or for designation as National Historic Landmarks;

6. To conduct a broad survey and to maintain an inventory of buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites of historic, architectural, archaeological, or cultural interest which constitute the tangible remains of the Commonwealth's cultural, political, economic, military, or social history;

7. To publish lists of properties, including buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites, designated as landmarks by the Board, to inspect designated properties from time to time, and periodically publish a complete register of designated properties setting forth appropriate information concerning those properties;

8. With the consent of the landowners, to provide appropriately designed markers for designated buildings, structures, districts, objects and sites;

9. To acquire and to administer designated landmarks, or easements or interests therein;

10. To aid and to encourage counties, cities and towns to establish historic zoning districts for designated landmarks and to adopt regulations for the preservation of historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural values;

11. To provide technical advice and assistance to individuals, groups and governments conducting historic preservation programs and regularly to seek advice from the same on the effectiveness of Department programs;

12. To prepare and place, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, highway historical markers approved by the Board of Historic Resources on or along the highway or street closest to the location which is intended to be identified by the marker;

13. To develop a procedure for the certification of historic districts and structures within the historic districts for federal income tax purposes;

14. To aid and to encourage counties, cities, and towns in the establishment of educational programs and materials for school use on the importance of Virginia's historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources;

15. To conduct a program of archaeological research with the assistance of the State Archaeologist which includes excavation of significant sites, acquisition and maintenance of artifact collections for the purposes of study and display, and dissemination of data and information derived from the study of sites and collections;

16. To manage and administer the Historic Resources Fund as provided in § 10.1-2202.1; and

17. [Expired.] To develop a procedure for the certification of slave grave sites for the purpose of assisting groups interested in maintaining such sites to verify the accuracy of information indicating that slaves are buried at such sites. The Department shall consult with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, and the Burying Ground Preservation Society of Virginia in developing the procedure.

§ 10.1-2211. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Confederate 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 the Confederate memorial associations and chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy organizations set forth in subsection B of this section. Such sums shall be expended by the associations and organizations for the routine maintenance of their respective Confederate cemeteries and graves and for the graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors historic significance 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 of historic significance. All such associations and organizations, 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 such cemeteries specified in this section and the, graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors and in erecting and caring for, markers, memorials and or monuments to the memory of such soldiers and sailors of historic significance. An association or organization 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 or organization 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 association's or organization's name, or as documented by each association or organization multiplied by the rate of $5 or the average actual cost of routine maintenance, whichever is greater, for each grave, monument or marker in the care of a Confederate memorial association or chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy the organization. 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:
 Accomack
 Robert E. Lee Chapter, U.D.C., Belle Haven ....................... 10
 Albemarle
 Albemarle Chapter, U.D.C  ........................................ 50
 Mountain Plain Cemetery, Crozet  ................................. 15
 Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Esmont  ........................ 10
 Scottsville Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 40
 Westerly Chapel Cemetery, Free Union  ............................ 15
 Amelia
 Grub Hill Church  ................................................ 10
 Appomattox
 Appomattox Chapter, U.D.C  ....................................... 50
 Augusta
 Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery  ...................... 40
 Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery  .................................. 37
 Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery  ................................ 13
 Botetourt
 Fairview Cemetery Association, Inc  .............................. 20
 Glade Creek Cemetery Corporation  ................................ 10
 Buchanan
 Ratliff  ......................................................... 30
 Carroll
 Floyd Webb Cemetery  ............................................. 16
 Robinson Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 Worrell Cemetery  ................................................ 10
 Charles City County
 Salem Church Cemetery  ........................................... 35
 Chesterfield
 Ettrick Cemetery  ................................................ 47
 Skinquarter Baptist Church Cemetery  ............................. 12
 Craig
 Archibald A. Caldwell Cemetery  ................................... 4
 Culpeper
 Culpeper Chapter, U.D.C  ......................................... 10
 Dinwiddie
 Dinwiddie Confederate Memorial Association  ...................... 15
 Fairfax
 Fairfax Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 15
 Robert E. Lee Chapter No. 56  .................................... 36
 Fauquier
 Black Horse Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 10
 Marshall Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 Piedmont Chapter, U.D.C  ......................................... 10
 Upperville Methodist Church Cemetery  ............................ 10
 Floyd
 Floyd County Confederate Memorial Association  ................... 20
 Southward Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Giles
 McComas Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 15
 Goochland
 Goochland Chapter, U.D.C  ........................................ 15
 Grayson
 A. B. Cox Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Atkins Memorial Cemetery  ........................................ 10
 Bethel Church Cemetery  .......................................... 10
 Bridlecreek Cemetery  ............................................ 10
 Camet B. Cox Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Comer's Rock Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Cox's Chapel  .................................................... 10
 Fellowship Baptist Cemetery  ..................................... 10
 Fries Ridge Cemetery  ............................................ 10
 Forest Cemetery  ................................................. 10
 Fox Creek Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Funk Cemetery  ................................................... 10
 Gold Hill Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Grubbs Chapel Cemetery  .......................................... 10
 Hale Cemetery  ................................................... 15
 Hines Branch Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Independence Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Jerusalem Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery  ................... 10
 Lebanon Cemetery  ................................................ 10
 Liberty Hill Cemetery  ........................................... 15
 Long Branch Cemetery  ............................................ 10
 McKenzie Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 New Hope Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 Oak Grove Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Potato Creek Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Pugh Cemetery  ................................................... 10
 Rhudy Cemetery  .................................................. 10
 Round Meadows Cemetery  .......................................... 10
 Rugby Cemetery  .................................................. 10
 Saddle Creek Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Sawyers Family Cemetery  ......................................... 10
 Spring Valley Cemetery  .......................................... 10
 Whitetop Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 Greene
 Gentry Methodist Church Cemetery  ................................ 10
 Halifax
 Grace Churchyard, Inc., Seaton  ................................... 3
 Halifax Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 20
 St. John's Episcopal Church  ..................................... 31
 Hanover
 Hanover Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 20
 Henrico
 Emmanual Episcopal Church at Brook Hill  ......................... 86
 Isle of Wight
 Isle of Wight Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 20
 Lee
 Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter, U.D.C  ........................... 100
 Ely Cemetery  .................................................... 30
 Loudoun
 Ebenezer Cemetery  ............................................... 15
 Lakeview Cemetery, Hamilton  ..................................... 15
 Lee Chapter No. 179  ............................................. 10
 Leesburg Union Cemetery  ......................................... 15
 Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg  ..................................... 20
 Louisa
 Oakland Cemetery  ................................................ 70
 Lunenburg
 Sons of the Confederate Veterans Old Free State Camp #1746 ...... 141
 Madison
 Madison Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 10
 Mecklenburg
 Boydton Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 10
 Armistead-Goode Chapter, U.D.C  .................................. 10
 Montgomery
 Doctor Harvey Black Chapter, U.D.C  .............................. 10
 White Cemetery, Inc  ............................................. 10
 Nelson
 Nelson County Confederate Memorial Association  .................. 10
 Nottoway
 Confederate Memorial Board  ...................................... 15
 Orange
 Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville  ............................... 696
 Preddys Creek Cemetery  .......................................... 10
 13th Virginia Regiment Chapter, U.D.C  ........................... 30
 Patrick
 Confederate Memorial Association  ................................ 40
 Pittsylvania
 Rawley Martin Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 30
 Powhatan
 Huguenot Springs Cemetery  ...................................... 130
 Prince Edward
 Farmville Chapter, U.D.C  ........................................ 50
 Prince George
 City Point Chapter, U.D.C., for use at Old Town Cemetery  ........ 20
 Pulaski
 Pulaski Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 10
 Roanoke
 Southern Cross Chapter, U.D.C  ................................... 10
 Old Tombstone Cemetery  .......................................... 20
 Rockbridge
 New Monmouth Presbyterian Church  ................................ 80
 New Providence Presbyterian Church  .............................. 98
 Rockingham
 Cedar Grove Cemetery  ............................................ 68
 Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery  ........................ 39
 Singers Glen Cemetery  ........................................... 19
 St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery  ..................................... 10
 Scott
 Prospect Community Cemetery  ..................................... 20
 McKenney-Carter Cemetery Association  ............................ 20
 Confederate Memorial Branch, Wolfe Cemetery Association, Yuma  ... 15
 Estill Memorial Cemetery Association  ............................ 35
 Lawson Confederate Memorial Cemetery  ............................ 10
 Mount Pleasant Cemetery  ......................................... 20
 Salling Memorial, Slant  ......................................... 20
 Rollins Cemetery  ................................................ 10
 Daugherty Cemetery  .............................................. 20
 Nickelsville Baptist Church Cemetery  ............................ 20
 Shenandoah
 New Market Confederate Memorial Association  ..................... 40
 Stover Camp Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 10
 Mt. Jackson-Old Soldier Cemetery  ............................... 100
 Smyth
 Aspenvale Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Blue Springs Cemetery, Sugar Grove  .............................. 10
 Centenary Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Chatham Hill Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 Greenwood Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 Holston Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 20
 Keesling Cemetery, Rural Retreat  ................................ 10
 Middle Fork Cemetery  ............................................ 10
 Morgan Cemetery, Sugar Grove  .................................... 10
 Mt. Carmel Cemetery  ............................................. 20
 Mountain View Cemetery, Chilhowie  ............................... 10
 Mt. Zion Cemetery  ............................................... 10
 Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Groseclose  .............................. 12
 Ridgedale Cemetery, Rich Valley  ................................. 10
 Riverside Cemetery in Rich Valley  ............................... 10
 Round Hill Cemetery  ............................................. 20
 Slemp Cemetery, Sugar Grove  ..................................... 10
 St. James Cemetery, Chilhowie  ................................... 10
 South Fork Baptist Cemetery  ..................................... 10
 Steffey Cemetery, Groseclose  .................................... 10
 Wassum Cemetery, Atkins  ......................................... 10
 Zion Methodist Cemetery, Rich Valley  ............................ 14
 Riverside Cemetery on South Fork  ................................ 10
 Royal Oak Cemetery  .............................................. 10
 St. Clairs Bottom Cemetery, Chilhowie  ........................... 10
 Sulphur Springs Cemetery  ........................................ 10
 Southampton
 Southampton Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 40
 Spotsylvania
 Ladies Confederate Memorial Association  ........................ 300
 Surry
 General William Mahone Chapter, U.D.C  ........................... 40
 Tazewell
 Maplewood Cemetery  .............................................. 20
 Hankins Cemetery  ................................................ 20
 Warren
 Warren Rifles Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 25
 Washington
 Anna Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U.D.C  ........................... 20
 Emory and Henry Cemetery  ....................................... 203
 Greendale Cemetery  .............................................. 20
 Warren Cemetery  ................................................. 20
 Wise
 Big Stone Gap Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 20
 Wythe
 Asbury Cemetery, Rural Retreat  .................................. 10
 Fairview Cemetery, Rural Retreat  ................................ 10
 Galilee Christian Church Cemetery  ............................... 10
 Grubbs Cemetery  ................................................. 10
 Kemberling Cemetery  ............................................. 10
 Marvin Cemetery  ................................................. 30
 Mt. Ephraim Cemetery  ............................................ 10
 Mount Mitchell Cemetery  ......................................... 10
 Mountain View Cemetery  .......................................... 46
 Murphysville Cemetery  ........................................... 10
 St. John's Cemetery  ............................................. 10
 St. Mary's Cemetery  ............................................. 10
 St. Paul's Cemetery  ............................................. 14
 St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery  ............................ 12
 Speedwell Methodist Cemetery  .................................... 10
 Wythe-Gray Chapter, U.D.C  ....................................... 20
 Zion Cemetery  ................................................... 10
 York
 Bethel Memorial Association  ..................................... 20
 IN THE CITIES OF:
 Alexandria
 Old Dominion Rifles Confederate Memorial Association  ........... 160
 Bristol
 Bristol Confederate Memorial Association  ........................ 60
 Charlottesville
 Effort Baptist Church  ........................................... 10
 Clifton Forge
 Julia Jackson Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 15
 Chesapeake
 Norfolk County Grays Chapter 2535, U.D.C  ......................... 8
 Covington
 Alleghany Chapter, U.D.C  ........................................ 30
 Danville
 Eliza Johns Chapter, U.D.C  ..................................... 201
 Fredericksburg
 Fredericksburg Confederate Memorial Association  ................ 200
 Hampton
 Hampton Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 60
 Harrisonburg
 Turner Ashby Chapter, U.D.C  ..................................... 60
 Woodbine Cemetery  .............................................. 140
 Lexington
 Rockbridge Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 126
 Lynchburg
 Lynchburg Confederate Memorial Association  ...................... 30
 Manassas
 Ladies Confederate Memorial Association of Manassas  ............. 15
 Martinsville
 Mildred Lee Chapter, U.D.C  ...................................... 10
 Newport News
 Bethel Chapter, U.D.C  ........................................... 50
 Norfolk
 Hope Maury Chapter, U.D.C  ....................................... 10
 Pickett-Buchanan Chapter, U.D.C  ................................. 20
 Petersburg
 Petersburg Chapter, U.D.C., for Prince George County  ............ 15
 Ladies Memorial Association of Petersburg  ...................... 140
 Portsmouth
 Ladies Confederate Memorial Association  ......................... 15
 Radford
 New River Gray's Chapter, U.D.C  ................................. 15
 Radford Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 15
 Richmond
Barton Heights Cemeteries  ..................................... 1877
 Centennial Chapter, U.D.C  ....................................... 20
 Elliott Grays Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 15
 Janet Randolph Chapter, U.D.C  ................................... 15
 Lee Chapter, U.D.C  .............................................. 20
 Mt. Olivet Cemetery  ........................................... 4622
 Sons of Confederate Veterans - Virginia Division  .............. 2294
 Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U.D.C  ...................... 110
 Roanoke
 Roanoke Chapter, U.D.C  .......................................... 40
 William Watts Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 40
 Salem
 Southern Cross Chapter, U.D.C  .................................. 271
 Staunton
 Confederate Section, Thornrose Cemetery  ........................ 600
 Vinton
 Major Wm. F. Graves Chapter, U.D.C  .............................. 40
 Williamsburg
 Williamsburg Chapter, U.D.C  .................................... 125
 Winchester
 Stonewall Confederate Memorial Association  .................... 2112 

C. In addition to funds that may be provided pursuant to subsection B of this section, any of the Confederate memorial associations and chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy organizations 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 Confederate the cemeteries and graves and for the graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors in their care. 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.

E. For the purposes of this section, graves, cemeteries, markers, memorials and monuments "of historic significance" include those of Confederate soldiers and sailors, and slaves.