Bill > HB714

This bill authorizes the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), a state agency responsible for managing natural resources and parks, to exchange land with the Newport Estates Homeowners Association, Inc. (the Association), a group representing residents of a neighborhood adjacent to Leesylvania State Park. Specifically, the DCR can transfer up to five acres of its land to the Association, and in return, the Association will transfer adjacent property to the DCR, along with an open space easement on other Association land. The primary goal of this land exchange is to grant the Association permanent access from Neabsco Road to its property, which is currently inaccessible, so it can address a slope failure on its open space. This will be done while ensuring the DCR keeps land of equal recreational value within Leesylvania State Park. Importantly, neither party will have to pay the other for this exchange, and the transaction will require approvals from the Department of General Services, the Governor, and the Attorney General.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Justice

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB714