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The terms and provisions of any such lease shall be prescribed by the governing body, provided that any such lease contains a clause to the effect that at the termination of such lease it shall not be renewed and that the land and all improvements thereon shall revert to the locality and shall be free from any encumbrance at the time of such reversion. All moneys received by a locality under this section shall constitute a fund for the development and improvement of recreational facilities within such locality.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1296660,"text":"Any locality, in its discretion, may lease to any responsible person, firm or corporation any lands owned or held by such locality for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon a swimming pool and buildings and improvements incident thereto. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 410; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1381063,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347596,"identifier":"15.2-1810","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/2\/15.2-1810","url":"\/15.2-1810\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1810\/","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/2\/15.2-1810","dublin_core":{"Title":"Leasing land for swimming pool purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1810","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span>, in its discretion, may lease to any responsible person, firm or corporation any lands owned or held by such locality<\/span> for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon a swimming pool and buildings and improvements incident thereto. The terms and provisions of any such lease shall be prescribed by the governing body<\/span>, provided that any such lease contains a clause to the effect that at the termination of such lease it shall not be renewed and that the land and all improvements thereon shall revert to the locality<\/span> and shall be free from any encumbrance at the time of such reversion. All moneys received by a locality<\/span> under this section shall constitute a fund for the development and improvement of recreational facilities within such locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEASING LAND FOR SWIMMING POOL PURPOSES (\u00a7 15.2-1810)\n\nAny locality, in its discretion, may lease to any responsible person, firm or\ncorporation any lands owned or held by such locality for the purpose of\nconstructing or erecting thereon a swimming pool and buildings and improvements\nincident thereto. The terms and provisions of any such lease shall be prescribed\nby the governing body, provided that any such lease contains a clause to the\neffect that at the termination of such lease it shall not be renewed and that\nthe land and all improvements thereon shall revert to the locality and shall be\nfree from any encumbrance at the time of such reversion. All moneys received by\na locality under this section shall constitute a fund for the development and\nimprovement of recreational facilities within such locality.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-691.1; 1954, c. 410; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-261; 1997,\nc. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}