Virginia SB 450: Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.

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18104461D

SENATE BILL NO. 450 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 9, 2018 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 10.1-2202.5, relating to easements on battlefield properties. 
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Patrons-- Dance and Ruff 

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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 10.1-2202.5 as follows: 

� 10.1-2202.5. 
 Transfer or assignment of easement on battlefield property.

A. As used in this 
 section: 

"National 
 park" means Appomattox 
 Court House National Historical Park, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 
 Historical Park, Colonial National Historical Park, Fredericksburg and 
 Spotsylvania National Military Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, 
 Petersburg National Battlefield, or 
 Richmond National Battlefield Park. 

"Property" 
 means a fee simple interest in a battlefield property.

B. Any instrument 
 creating an easement held by the Board on a battlefield property shall provide 
 for the transfer or 
 assignment of the easement to the United States in the event that a boundary 
 expansion at a national park results in the battlefield property being located 
 within or becoming eligible for 
 inclusion in the national park. For the purposes of any such transfer or 
 assignment of an easement, the United States shall be considered a public body 
 pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Open-Space Land Act (� 10.1-1700 et 
 seq.). 

C. The 
 Board shall transfer or assign to the United States an 
 easement pursuant to the provisions of this section if 
 requested to do so by the United States and the fee owner of the 
 underlying property and if the fee owner 
 affirms to the Board 
 that the property will be transferred to the United States in 
 order that (i) the property, after its acquisition by the 
 United States, will be subject to the requirements of 54 U.S.C. � 
 100101, 36 C.F.R. � 2.1, and other applicable federal laws and regulations for 
 the preservation and protection of natural, cultural, and historic resources in 
 national parks; (ii) applicable federal laws and regulations will sustain the 
 conservation purposes of the easement; and (iii) public access to the 
 battlefield property, and the 
 interpretation and study of the battlefield property, 
 will be improved. In making its transfer or assignment, the Board 
 shall not impose any additional conditions or contingencies on the transferee 
 or assignee.

2. That the Board of Historic Resources shall, by July 1, 
 2019, transfer or assign to the United States the easement it holds on each of 
 the following seven battlefield properties located wi