                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR CARING FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR CEMETERIES
AND GRAVES (§ 10.1-2211.1)

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 Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
(VASSAR) and the Revolutionary War memorial associations caring for cemeteries
as set forth in subsection B. Such sums shall be expended by the associations
for the routine maintenance of their respective Revolutionary War cemeteries and
graves and for the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors not
otherwise cared for in other cemeteries and in erecting and caring for markers,
memorials, and monuments to the memory of such soldiers, sailors, and persons
rendering service to the Patriot cause in the Revolutionary War. All such
associations, through their proper officers, are required after July 1 of each
year to submit to the Director a certified statement that the funds disbursed to
the association or organization in the preceding fiscal year were or will be
expended for the routine maintenance of cemeteries and graves specified in this
section and in erecting and caring for markers, memorials, and monuments to the
memory of such soldiers, sailors, and persons rendering service to the Patriot
cause in the Revolutionary War. If a cemetery association fails to comply with
any of the requirements of this section, such association shall be prohibited
from receiving moneys allocated under this section for all subsequent fiscal
years until the association fully complies with the requirements. No retroactive
disbursement of funds for any preceding year shall be made. The Director shall
deposit any appropriated funds that are not disbursed during the same fiscal
year into the Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund created pursuant to
&#xA7; 10.1-2211.1:1.

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 cemetery
name, or as documented by each association 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 cemetery association. For the
purposes of this section, the &#8220;average actual cost of care&#8221; 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.
			St. Matthews Episcopal Church			Bethel Presbyterian Church			Glebe Burying
Ground			Mossy Creek Cemetery			Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church			Hebron
Presbyterian Church			Old Providence Presbyterian Church			Rocky Spring
Presbyterian Church			St. John&#8217;s Reformed Lutheran Church			St.
Peter&#8217;s Lutheran Church			Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church			Trinity
Lutheran Church			Fincastle Presbyterian Church			Callaway-Steptoe
Cemetery			Cobbs Hall Farm			Concord Presbyterian Church			Family Cemetery at
Avoca			Mount Airy Family Cemetery			Haden Family Cemetery on Phillips
Farm			Hat Creek Presbyterian Church			Old Chapel Churchyard			Culpeper
Cemetery			Masonic Cemetery			Sweden Plantation			Pine Creek
Cemetery			Tanyard-Benard-Hill Cemetery			Robinson Family Cemetery			Terry
Family Cemetery			Spring Grove Cemetery			Leatherwood Plantation			Ketoctin
Cemetery			Little River Baptist Church			Cub Creek Road Cemetery			Printz Family
Cemetery			Buckler Family Cemetery			Walton Family Cemetery			Dayton
Cemetery			Old Peaked Mountain Church			Soloman Litton Hollow Cemetery			St.
Mary&#8217;s Lutheran Church			Thompson Family Cemetery			Green Spring
Church			Sinking Spring Cemetery			St. John&#8217;s Lutheran Church			St.
Paul&#8217;s Lutheran Church			Christ Church Cemetery			Old Presbyterian Meeting
House			Fairfax City Cemetery			Pohick Church Cemetery			Washington Family
Tomb			Fredericksburg Cemetery			Masonic Cemetery			St. George&#8217;s Episcopal
Church			Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery			Washington and Lee
University			Old City Cemetery			Warwick Burial Ground			St. Paul&#8217;s
Cemetery			Cedar Grove			Trinity Episcopal Church			Hollywood Cemetery			Shockoe
Hill Cemetery			St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church			Falling Spring Presbyterian
Church			High Bridge Presbyterian Church			New Providence Presbyterian
Church			Timber Ridge Cemetery			Trinity Episcopal Church			Bruton Parish
Church			Mount Hebron Cemetery			Old Opequon Presbyterian Church

C. In addition to any sums that may be provided in favor of the associations as
set forth in subsection B, the Director shall disburse funds at the same rate to
VASSAR to fund its maintenance of no more than 6,000 additional Revolutionary
War graves in the Commonwealth, as documented and certified by VASSAR and set
forth in a list submitted annually to the Director.

D. Any of the associations and societies set forth in subsection B or C may
apply to the Director for grants to perform extraordinary maintenance,
renovation, repair, or reconstruction of any of their respective Revolutionary
War cemeteries and graves and to erect and care for markers, memorials, and
monuments to the memory of such soldiers, sailors, and persons rendering service
to the Patriot cause in the Revolutionary War. These grants shall be made from
any appropriation made available by the General Assembly for such purpose or
from the Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund created pursuant to &#xA7;
10.1-2211.1:1. In making such grants, the Director shall give full consideration
to the assistance available from the U.S. 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.

E. Local matching funds shall not be required for grants made pursuant to this
section.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 256; 2007, c. 349; 2018, cc. 639, 641.