§ 10.1-705 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Agency of this Commonwealth” includes the government of this Commonwealth and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this Commonwealth. “Board” means the Board of Conservation and Recreation. “Develop” or “development” means the replenishment and restoration of existing public beaches. “Erosion” means the process of destruction by the action of wind, water, or ice of the land bordering the tidal waters of the Commonwealth. “Government” or “governmental” includes the government of this Commonwealth, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. “Locality” means a county, city or town. “Program” means the provisions of the Public Beach Conservation and Development Act. “Public beach” means a sandy beach located on a tidal shoreline suitable for bathing in a county, city or town and open to indefinite public use. “Reach” means a shoreline segment wherein there is mutual interaction of the forces of erosion, sediment transport and accretion. “United States” or “agencies of the United States” includes the United States of America, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.
History
This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 428 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 750; in 1985, chapter 448; in 1988, chapter 891; in 2003, chapters 79 and 89.
1980, c. 428, § 10-217; 1984, c. 750; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 891; 2003, cc. 79, 89.