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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter 509<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85346,"section_number":"10.1-2121","catch_line":"Cooperative point source pollution program","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2121\/"},{"id":84120,"section_number":"10.1-2128","catch_line":"Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established; purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2128\/"},{"id":81333,"section_number":"10.1-2131","catch_line":"Point source pollution funding; conditions for approval","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2131\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81192,"identifier":"10.1-2130","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2130","url":"\/10.1-2130\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2130\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2130","dublin_core":{"Title":"General provisions related to grants from the Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2130","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All Water Quality Improvement Grants<\/span> shall be governed by a legally binding and enforceable grant agreement between the recipient and the granting agency. In addition to provisions providing for payment of the total amount of the grant, the agreement shall, at a minimum, also contain provisions that govern design and installation and require proper long-term operation, monitoring and maintenance of funded projects, including design and performance criteria, as well as contractual or stipulated penalties in an amount sufficient to ensure compliance with the agreement, which may include repayment with interest, for any breach of the agreement, including failure to properly operate, monitor or maintain. Grant agreements shall be made available for public review and comment for a period of no less than thirty days but no more than sixty days prior to execution. The granting agency shall cause notice of a proposed grant agreement to be given to all applicants for Water Quality Improvement Grants<\/span> whose applications are then pending and to any person requesting such notice.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO GRANTS FROM THE FUND (\u00a7 10.1-2130)\n\nAll Water Quality Improvement Grants shall be governed by a legally binding and\nenforceable grant agreement between the recipient and the granting agency. In\naddition to provisions providing for payment of the total amount of the grant,\nthe agreement shall, at a minimum, also contain provisions that govern design\nand installation and require proper long-term operation, monitoring and\nmaintenance of funded projects, including design and performance criteria, as\nwell as contractual or stipulated penalties in an amount sufficient to ensure\ncompliance with the agreement, which may include repayment with interest, for\nany breach of the agreement, including failure to properly operate, monitor or\nmaintain. Grant agreements shall be made available for public review and comment\nfor a period of no less than thirty days but no more than sixty days prior to\nexecution. The granting agency shall cause notice of a proposed grant agreement\nto be given to all applicants for Water Quality Improvement Grants whose\napplications are then pending and to any person requesting such notice.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 1999, c. 509.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}