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10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-2202.4; and 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-1119.3.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1310859,"text":"Each year the Governor shall include in &#8220;The Budget Bill&#8221; submitted pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 2.2-1509 or in his amendments to the general appropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 2.2-1509 a recommended appropriation from the general fund pursuant to subdivision D 4 c of \u00a7 58.1-512 to be allocated as follows: 80 percent of such amount to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-1020, with no less than 50 percent of such appropriation to be used for fee simple acquisitions with public access or acquisitions of easements with public access; 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-2202.4; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0798\">798<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 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 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0467\">467<\/a>; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0010\">10<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0146\">146<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":345339,"section_number":"10.1-1020","catch_line":"Virginia Land Conservation Fund; purposes of Foundation","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1020\/"},{"id":345397,"section_number":"10.1-1119.3","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Office; Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1119.3\/"},{"id":345900,"section_number":"10.1-2202.4","catch_line":"Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund established; eligibility; uses","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2202.4\/"},{"id":352150,"section_number":"2.2-1509","catch_line":"Budget Bill","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1509\/"},{"id":372454,"section_number":"58.1-512","catch_line":"Land preservation tax credits for individuals and corporations","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-512\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1400017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352149,"identifier":"2.2-1509.4","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/15\/2.2-1509.4","url":"\/2.2-1509.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1509.4\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/15\/2.2-1509.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Budget bill to include an appropriation for land preservation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1509.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each year the Governor shall include in &#8220;The Budget Bill&#8221; submitted pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Budget Bill\" href=\"\/2.2-1509\/\">2.2-1509<\/a> or in his amendments to the general appropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Budget Bill\" href=\"\/2.2-1509\/\">2.2-1509<\/a> a recommended appropriation from the general fund pursuant to subdivision D 4 c of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Land preservation tax credits for individuals and corporations\" href=\"\/58.1-512\/\">58.1-512<\/a> to be allocated as follows: 80 percent of such amount to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Virginia Land Conservation Fund; purposes of Foundation\" href=\"\/10.1-1020\/\">10.1-1020<\/a>, with no less than 50 percent of such appropriation to be used for fee simple acquisitions with public access or acquisitions of easements with public access; 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund established; eligibility; uses\" href=\"\/10.1-2202.4\/\">10.1-2202.4<\/a>; and 10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of the Office; Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund\" href=\"\/10.1-1119.3\/\">10.1-1119.3<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUDGET BILL TO INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR LAND PRESERVATION (\u00a7 2.2-1509.4)\n\nEach year the Governor shall include in &#8220;The Budget Bill&#8221; submitted\npursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 2.2-1509 or in his amendments to the general\nappropriation act in effect submitted pursuant to subsection E of \u00a7 2.2-1509 a\nrecommended appropriation from the general fund pursuant to subdivision D 4 c of\n\u00a7 58.1-512 to be allocated as follows: 80 percent of such amount to the\nVirginia Land Conservation Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-1020, with\nno less than 50 percent of such appropriation to be used for fee simple\nacquisitions with public access or acquisitions of easements with public access;\n10 percent of such amount to the Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund to be\nused in accordance with \u00a7 10.1-2202.4; and 10 percent of such amount to the\nVirginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund to be used in accordance with\n\u00a7 10.1-1119.3.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 798; 2015, c. 467; 2024, cc. 10, 146.","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"}}