HB 104

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.