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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370825</law_id><section_number>57-5</section_number><catch_line>R. E. Lee Camp; Pelham Chapel</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="123" identifier="57">Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Church Property; Benevolent Associations and Objects</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The act entitled &#x201C;An act to incorporate R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans,&#x201D; approved March 13, 1884; and the act entitled &#x201C;An act making an annual appropriation for the support of the home of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans,&#x201D; approved February 12, 1886, shall continue in force.</p><p>The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to lease the Pelham Chapel to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lee-Jackson Camp No. 1. The lease, or any renewal thereof, shall be in increments of five years and shall be under such terms and conditions, consistent with commemoration of a Confederate war memorial, as the Governor finds reasonably necessary and approved as to form by the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>. Any such lease or renewal thereof shall only be revoked or terminated during such lease term increment if the lessee willfully fails to abide by the terms of the lease.</p><p>The provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Temporary transfer of use of property between state departments, agencies, and institutions; lease to private entities" href="/2.2-1155/">2.2-1155</a> shall not apply to the Pelham Chapel, as configured as of July 1, 2002.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 60; 1950, p. 632; 1972, c. 763; 1981, c. 1; 1990, c. 124; 1993, c. 737; 2002, c. 742.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
