§ 4-5.07 LEASE PAYMENTS

a. Agencies shall not acquire real property by lease until the agency certifies to the Director, Department of General Services, that (i) funds are available within the agency's appropriations made by this act for the cost of the lease and (ii) the volume of leased space conforms with the space planning procedures for leased facilities developed by the Department of General Services and approved by the Governor. This provision shall not apply to institutions of higher education that have met the conditions prescribed in subsection B of § 23-38.88, Code of Virginia. 

b. Agencies acquiring personal property in accordance with § 2.2-2417, Code of Virginia, shall certify to the State Treasurer that funds are available within the agency's appropriations made by this act for the cost of the lease.