Bill Text: VA SB252 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Century forest program; State Forester to establish program to honor certain families, eligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) [SB252 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-SB252-Prefiled.html
16100660D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §3.2-105 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 10.1-1105.1 as follows: §3.2-105. Century farm program. The Commissioner shall establish a century farm program to
honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same
family for 100 years or more. In order to be eligible for recognition under the
program, a farm shall §10.1-1105.1. Century forest program. The State Forester shall establish and administer a century forest program to honor families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 100 years or more and includes at least 20 contiguous acres of managed forest. In order to be eligible for recognition under the program, a property shall (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually managed by, a descendant of the original owners; and (iii) be covered by a professional forest management plan designed to meet the landowner's forest management goals. |