2006 Code of Virginia § 22.1-126.1 - Acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties, cities and towns

22.1-126.1. Acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties,cities and towns.

Any county, city or town or any combination thereof acting jointly mayacquire for educational purposes by gift, purchase, condemnation orotherwise, real property and any improvements thereon within the county,city, town or combination thereof acquiring the property or within any countyor city adjacent to any such county, city or town and may construct buildingsthereon to be used for educational purposes. The powers of condemnationgranted by this section shall be subject to the provisions of 25.1-102 tothe same extent as though such county, city or town were a corporationpossessing the power of eminent domain. Whenever the property is not within acounty, city or town acquiring the property, not more than 50 acres may beacquired. Property acquired pursuant to this section shall be under thecontrol of the school board of the county, city or town acquiring it, or, inthe case of joint action by two or more counties, cities or towns orcombinations thereof, control of such property shall be under a board chosenin the manner and for the term provided in 22.1-53. Such property may beleased on such terms as may be agreed upon to any state-supported institutionof higher learning to provide for education beyond high school of residentsin the general region of such political subdivisions, or the property may,with the approval of the governing body of each such participating politicalsubdivision, be conveyed to any such institution of higher learning upon suchterms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by such governing bodies and thegoverning body of the institution and approved by the Governor.

(1995, c. 250; 2003, c. 940.)