Legal Provenance

HOUSE BILL NO. 1350

Offered January 18, 2002

A BILL to amend and reenact § 57-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the R. E. Lee Camp; Pelham Chapel.

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Patron-- Reid

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Referred to Committee on General Laws

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 57-5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 57-5. R. E. Lee Camp; Pelham Chapel.

The act entitled "An act to incorporate R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans," approved March 13, 1884; and the act entitled "An act making an annual appropriation for the support of the home of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans," approved February 12, 1886, shall continue in force.

The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement to lease the Pelham Chapel to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lee-Jackson Camp No. 1. The lease shall be under such terms and conditions, including a lease of indefinite duration, as the Governor finds reasonably necessary and approved as to form by the Attorney General.

The provisions of § 2.2-1155 shall not apply to the R.E. Lee Camp Confederate Memorial Park, as configured as of July 1, 2002.

 

A copy of the formal application to include the chapel in the Virginia Historic Register is here

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