Chap. 191.—An ACT to provide for the establishment of a State Public Buildings
Commission, to prescribe the powers and duties of the Commission; and to
establish a procedure for the orderly planning and construction of State
buildings, in or adjacent to the city of Richmond. {H 269]

Approved March 11, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. Section 1. There is hereby created a commission to be
known as the Virginia Public Buildings Commission, hereinafter
referred to as the Commission. The Commission shall consist of
nine members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Delegates from the membership of the House of
Delegates, two of whom shall be appointed by the President of
the Senate from the membership of the Senate; such members
shall be appointed for a term to expire on the date of the convening
of the first regular session of the General Assembly following
their appointment; and the Governor shall appoint two members
of the Commission from the public at large. The terms of office
of such members shall expire June thirty, nineteen hundred fifty-
two, and subsequent appointments shall be made for terms expiring
every four years thereafter. The Director of the Division of the
Budget, and the Chairman of the Virginia State Planning Board
shall be members ex officio of the Commission.

Section 2. The Director of the Division of the Budget, shall,
subject to the written approval of the Governor:

(a) Have prepared and, when necessary to meet changing
conditions, amend a long-range site plan for the location of all
State buildings, and improvements related thereto, in or adjacent
to the city of Richmond.

(b) Acquire with such funds as may be appropriated for that
purpose the necessary land for effectuation of the plan.

(c) Direct and control the execution of all authorized projects
for the construction of State buildings and related improvements
in or adjacent to the city of Richmond. The Governor is authorized
to exempt from the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this
section those buildings and improvements which, in his opinion,
should be planned and constructed under the direction of other
State agencies and institutions.

Section 3. The Commission shall:

(a) Assist and advise the Governor and the Director of the
Division of the Budget in the preparation and maintenance of the
long-range site plan.

(b) Assist and advise the Governor.and the Director of the
Division of the Budget in the review of specifications and plans
incident to the construction of buildings and improvements under
this act.

Section 4. No building for State use shall be erected or acquired
nor other property acquired for State use, in or adjacent to the
city of Richmond unless it shall first have been approved by the
Governor as conforming to the site plan as approved by him.

Section 5. To execute the duties imposed upon him by this
act, the Director of the Division of the Budget is authorized
to obtain information and assistance from other State agencies
and institutions.

Section 6. The Governor is hereby authorized to transfer to
the Division of the Budget funds appropriated to any State depart-
ment, agency or institution for the construction, alteration, recon-
struction and repair of any building to be erected or acquired for
the use of such department, institution or agency, or for the acqui-
sition of land therefor, or for planning, architectural, engineering
or other studies in connection therewith, and to accept any funds
donated for such purposes.

Section 7. The members of the Commission shall receive their
actual expenses incurred in the performance of the duties imposed
hereby to be paid from the funds transferred to the Division of
the Budget under section six of this act, or from any funds which
may be appropriated or made available to the Division of the
Budget for such purposes.

Section 8. The provisions of this act shall not be construed
to abolish or limit the authority of any special commission, now in
existence, specifically charged by law with the acquisition or con-
struction of any building for the use or occupancy of any State
department or agency.