CHAPTER 247
An Act authorizing the Department of Conservation and Recreation to acquire certain property in Chesterfield County and to lease said property to Chesterfield County.
Approved March 14, 2001
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. That, in accordance with and as evidence of General Assembly approval pursuant to § 10.1-104 of the Code of Virginia, the Department of Conservation and Recreation is hereby authorized to acquire, with the approval of the Governor and in a form approved by the Attorney General, that certain parcel of real property and appurtenances thereto, consisting of 154 acres, plus or minus, known as the Mary B. Stratton Estate property fronting on State Route 643, in Chesterfield County.
§ 2. Further, in accordance with and as evidence of General Assembly approval pursuant to § 10.1-109 of the Code of Virginia, the Department of Conservation and Recreation is hereby authorized to lease to Chesterfield County upon terms and conditions the Department deems proper, with approval of the Governor, the above described property. The lease shall require that the property be maintained and open to public recreational use. If this condition is not met, the lease shall terminate and control shall revert to the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
§ 3. Notwithstanding the lease term limits under § 10.1-109, the initial term of this lease shall be for a term of thirty years and may be renewed for three additional periods of similar length. All lease renewals shall require approval of the Governor.