§ 10.1-1017 Foundation created
§ 10.1-1018 Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees; membership; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses
§ 10.1-1018.1 Reporting
§ 10.1-1019 Executive secretary; land management
§ 10.1-1020 Virginia Land Conservation Fund; purposes of Foundation
§ 10.1-1021 Powers of the Foundation
§ 10.1-1021.1 Geographic distribution of land protected
§ 10.1-1021.2 Additional powers of the Foundation; requests for conservation easement dispute mediation
§ 10.1-1022 Expenditure of restricted funds
§ 10.1-1022.1 Expenditure of funds for natural area protection
§ 10.1-1023 Certain expenditures prohibited
§ 10.1-1024 Gifts and bequests to Foundation
§ 10.1-1025 Forms of accounts and records; audit of same
§ 10.1-1026 Cooperation of state agencies

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 10.1 > Subtitle I > Chapter 10.2 - Virginia Land Conservation Foundation

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board of supervisors: means the governing body of a county. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Collegial body: means a governmental entity whose power or authority is vested within its membership. See Virginia Code 1-209
  • Constitutional officer: means an officer provided for pursuant to Article VII, § 4 of the Constitution. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Council: means the governing body of a city or town. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Department: means the Department of Conservation and Recreation. See Virginia Code 10.1-100
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. See Virginia Code 10.1-100
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Ex officio: means service by virtue of one's office and includes voting privileges for ex officio members unless otherwise provided. See Virginia Code 1-215
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • local government: shall be construed to mean a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Nonlegislative citizen member: means any natural person who is not a member of the General Assembly of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-225
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Virginia Code 1-228
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Voter: means a qualified voter as defined in § 24. See Virginia Code 15.2-102