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2011 SESSION
11103049DBe 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.