Virginia Historic Landmarks Register; bicentennial farms.

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Virginia Historic Landmarks Register: Bicentennial Farms

This law requires the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to include bicentennial farms as a category in the state's historic landmarks register.

What This Bill Does

• Adds bicentennial farms as a new category for nomination on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register.
• Requires that farms nominated under this category have been owned by the same family for at least 200 consecutive years.
• Specifies that the farm must be lived on or farmed by a descendant of the original owners to qualify.

Who It Names or Affects

• Farm families who have owned their land for over 200 years in Virginia.
• The Virginia Department of Historic Resources, which manages the state's historic landmarks register.

Terms To Know

Bicentennial farms

Farms that have been owned by the same family for at least 200 years.

Virginia Historic Landmarks Register

A list of historic properties in Virginia recognized and protected by the state.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how many farms will be added to the register.
• It is unclear what additional nomination requirements might be set by the Department of Historic Resources.

Official Summary Text

Virginia Historic Landmarks Register; bicentennial farms.
Directs the Department of Historic Resources to include bicentennial farms as a property that can be nominated for listing on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose property has been in the same family for 200 years or more. In order to be eligible for such nomination, the bill requires the farm to (i) have been owned by the same family for at least 200 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually farmed, by a descendant of the original owners; and (iii) comply with any other nomination requirements the Department deems appropriate.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to require the Department of Historic Resources to include bicentennial farms as a category under the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.
§ 1.
That the
Department
of Historic Resources
(the Department)
shall
include
bicentennial farms
as a property that can be nominated for listing
on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register

to honor farm families in the Commonwealth whose
property
has been in the same family for 200 years or more
.
To be eligible for such
nomination
,
the Department shall require

a farm
to
(i) have been owned by the same family for at least 200 consecutive years; (ii) be lived on, or actually farmed, by a descendant of the original owners;
and
(iii)

c
omply with

any other nomination requirements the Department deems appropriate.