CHAPTER 621

An Act to amend and reenact §§ £8-80.2 and 28-81, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to definitions as used in the Virginia College
Building Authority Act, and unfunded scholarships in State-supported
institutions of higher learning.

(H 780]
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 23-30.2 and 23-31, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 23-380.2. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another
or different meaning or intent:

(a) The word “authority” shall mean the Virginia College Building
Authority created by § 23-30.3, or, if said Authority shall be abolished,
the board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the
principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter
to the Authority shall be given by law.

(b) The words “educational institution” shall mean any one of the
following: The College of William and Mary in Virginia, at Williamsburg;
the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond; the board of visitors of the
Virginia * School at Hampton; the George Mason College, at Fairfax; the
Clinch Valley College, at Wise; the Mary Washington College of the Uni-
versity of Virginia, at Fredericksburg; the Madison College, at Harrison-
burg; the Richmond Professional Institute, at Richmond: the Radford
College, at Radford; the rector and visitors of the University of Virginia,
at Charlottesville; the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington; the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at Blacksburg; the Longwood College, at
Farmville; the Old Dominion College, at Norfolk; the State Board for com-
munity colleges, at Richmond; the Virginia School for the Blind, at Char-
lottesville; the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, at Staunton; the
Virginia State College, at Petersburg; and the Woodrow Wilson Rehabili-
tation Center, at Fishersville.

(c) The word “project” shall mean any building, facility, addition,
extension or improvement of a capital nature required by or convenient
for the purposes of an educational institution, including, without limita-
tion, administration, teaching, lecture and exhibition halls, libraries,
dormitories, student apartments, faculty dwellings, dining halls, cafeterias,
snack bars, laundries, hospitals, laboratories, research centers, infirmaries,
field houses, gymnasiums, auditoriums, student unions, recreation centers,
stadiums, athletic facilities, garages, parking facilities, warehouses and
storage buildings, book and student supplies centers and all buildings,
lands and any other appurtenances and equipment necessary or desirable
in connection therewith or incidental thereto.

(d) The word “cost” as applied to a project financed under the pro-
visions of this chapter shall embrace all cost of acquisition or construction,
including, without limitation, the cost of the acquisition of all lands,
structures, property, rights, rights of way, franchises, easements and in-
terests acquired by the Authority or by an educational institution for
such construction, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lan
to which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all ma-
chinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during
construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for a period not
exceeding two years after completion of such construction, provisions for
working capital, reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements,
additions and improvements, cost of engineering, financial and legal serv-
ices, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of reve-
nues, administrative expenses, expenses necessary or incident to deter-
mining the feasibility or practicability of constructing a project, and
such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition or
construction of a project, the financing of such acquisition or construction
and the placing of a project in operation. Any obligation or expense
hereafter incurred by the State of Virginia or any agency or department
thereof for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifica-
tions, and other engineering services in connection with the acquisition or
construction of a project shall be regarded as a part of the cost of such
project and shall be reimbursed to the State of Virginia or to such agency
or department out of the proceeds of the revenue bonds issued for such
project as hereinafter authorized.

(e) The word “contract” shall mean a written contract entered into
by and between the Authority and an educational institution under the
provisions of § 23-30.8, relating to one or more projects financed by the
Authority.

(f) The word “lease” shall mean a written lease made by the Au-
thority as lessor and an educational institution as lessee under the pro-
visions of § 23-30.8, relating to one or more projects financed, acquired
or constructed under the provisions of this chapter.

(g) The word “bonds” or the words “revenue bonds” shall mean reve-
nue bonds of the Authority issued under the provisions of this chapter.

The word “owner’’ shall include all individuals, copartnerships,
associations or corporations and also municipalities, political subdivisions
and all public agencies and instrumentalities having any title or interest in
any property, rights, easements and interests authorized to be acquired
by this chapter.

§ 23-31. (a) The corporate authorities of the University of Vir-
ginia; the Virginia Military Institute; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute;
the College of William and Mary in Virginia; the Medical] College of Vir-
ginia; the George Mason College, at Fairfax; the Clinch Valley College,
at Wise; the Longwood College at Farmville; the Mary Washington Col-
lege of the University of Virginia, at Fredericksburg; the Madison College
at Harrisonburg; the Richmond Professional Institute; the Radford Col-
lege, at Radford; Old Dominion College, at Norfolk; the State Board for
community colleges, at Richmond; and the Virginia State College, may
establish scholarships, hereafter to be designated as unfunded scholar-
ships, in their respective institutions under such regulations and conditions
as they may prescribe, but subject to the following limitations and
restrictions:

_ (1) All such scholarships shall be applied exclusively to the remis-
sion, in whole or in part, of instructional charges, which charges and fees
coat for laboratory fees shall be included in a single item designated as

ition.

(2) The number of such scholarships awarded in any one institution
for any year to Virginia students therein shall not be in excess of twenty
per centum of the enrollment of Virginia students in undergraduate
studies in such institution for the preceding year or in lieu thereof the
total value of all scholarships awarded in any one institution for any year
to Virginia students shall not be in excess of any amount arrived at by
multiplying three hundred dollars by twenty per centum of the enrollment
of Virginia students in undergraduate studies in such institution for the
preceding year; the number of scholarships awarded in any one institu-
dents in undergraduate studies in such institution for the preceding year,

and the total value of all scholarships so awarded to such non-Virginia

students shall not exceed in any year the amount paid during such year

by non-Virginia students in undergraduate studies for instructional serv-

ie ing excess of the actual cost of instruction of such non-Virginia stu-
en

(3) Such scholarships shall be awarded only to undergraduate stu-
dents in the first four years of undergraduate work, and shall not be
renewed for any subsequent year after the first unless the holder thereof
maintains a high scholastic standard.

(4) Such scholarships shall be awarded by the governing boards of
the respective institutions on a selective basis to students of character
and ability who are in need of financial assistance.

(5) Each scholarship awarded shall entitle the holder thereof to the
remission of not less than one half of the annual tuition charge to non-
scholarship holders at such institution, provided that no such remission
shall exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars.

(b) No educational institution named herein shall award any scholar-
ship, or remit any special fees or charges, to any student at such institu-
tion except as authorized in this section. Each educational institution
named herein shall make an annual report to the State Council of Higher
Education showing the number and amount of scholarships awarded under
this section.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or limit in
any way the admission of certain students, known as State cadets, at the
Virginia Military Institute or to affect the remission of fees or charges
to such State cadets as permitted under existing law.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit in any
way the control of the governing bodies of the respective institutions over
any scholarships provided or established under the provisions of §§ 23-33
to 23-35; or over any gifts or donations made to such institutions for
scholarships or other special purposes; or over any funds provided by the
federal government or otherwise for the purpose of vocational education
or vocational rehabilitation in this State; or over any funds derived from
endowment or appropriations from the federal government for instruction
in agriculture and mechanic arts in land grant colleges.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the gov-
erning bodies of the respective institutions from fixing a reasonably lower
tuition charge for Virginia students than for non-Virginia students.