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The application shall describe in detail (i) the area to be studied or protected, including the population and the value of property to be protected, historic flooding data and hydrologic studies projecting flood frequency; (ii) the estimated cost-benefit ratio of the project; (iii) the ability of the locality to provide its share of the cost; (iv) the administration of local flood plain management regulations; and (v) other necessary information to establish project or study priority.2\n\nThe local government agrees and furnishes assurance, satisfactory to the Director, that it will satisfactorily maintain any structure financed, in whole or in part, through the loans or grants provided under this article.3\n\nIf the requested loan or grant is sought to acquire land, the Director shall require satisfactory evidence prior to acting on the request that the local government will acquire the land if the loan or grant is made.4\n\nA local government is eligible to receive a grant once every five years, provided that it has a flood mitigation plan approved by the Director and has demonstrated satisfactory evidence of plan implementation. Lacking an approved plan the local government is eligible for a grant once every ten years.5\n\n[Repealed.]B\n\nThe Director shall develop guidance criteria for making loans and grants for dam safety repair projects. Priority shall be given to making loans for high hazard dams.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224112,"text":"The Director may authorize a loan or grant for flood prevention or protection projects, or for flood prevention or protection studies under the provisions of \u00a7 10.1-603.19 only when the following conditions exist:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":224113,"text":"An application for the loan or grant has been submitted by an applicant in the manner and form specified by the Director, setting forth the amount of the loan or grant requested, and the use to which the loan or grant will be applied. 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 462 and 498 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 510<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 320<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 648<\/a> and 765<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86471,"section_number":"10.1-603.19","catch_line":"Purposes for which Fund is to be used; Authority to set terms and conditions of loans","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-603.19\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144345,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61348,"identifier":"10.1-603.20","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.2\/10.1-603.20","url":"\/10.1-603.20\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-603.20\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.2\/10.1-603.20","dublin_core":{"Title":"Condition for making loans or grants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-603.20","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> may authorize a loan or grant for flood prevention or protection<\/span> projects<\/span>, or for flood prevention or protection<\/span> studies<\/span> under the provisions of \u00a7 10.1-603.19<\/a> only when the following conditions exist: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> An application for the loan or grant has been submitted by an applicant in the manner and form specified by the Director<\/span>, setting forth the amount of the loan or grant requested, and the use to which the loan or grant will be applied. The application shall describe in detail (i) the area to be studied or protected, including the population and the value of property to be protected, historic flooding data and hydrologic studies projecting flood frequency; (ii) the estimated cost-benefit ratio of the project<\/span>; (iii) the ability of the locality to provide its share of the cost; (iv) the administration of local flood plain management regulations; and (v) other necessary information to establish project<\/span> or study priority. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The local government<\/span> agrees and furnishes assurance, satisfactory to the Director<\/span>, that it will satisfactorily maintain any structure financed, in whole or in part, through the loans or grants provided under this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> If the requested loan or grant is sought to acquire land, the Director<\/span> shall require satisfactory evidence<\/span> prior to acting on the request that the local government<\/span> will acquire the land if the loan or grant is made. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> A local government<\/span> is eligible to receive a grant once every five years, provided that it has a flood mitigation plan approved by the Director<\/span> and has demonstrated satisfactory evidence<\/span> of plan implementation. Lacking an approved plan the local government<\/span> is eligible for a grant once every ten years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall develop guidance criteria for making loans and grants for dam safety repair projects<\/span>. Priority shall be given to making loans for high hazard dams. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDITION FOR MAKING LOANS OR GRANTS (\u00a7 10.1-603.20)\n\nA. The Director may authorize a loan or grant for flood prevention or protection\nprojects, or for flood prevention or protection studies under the provisions of\n\u00a7 10.1-603.19 only when the following conditions exist:\n\n 1. An application for the loan or grant has been submitted by an applicant in\n the manner and form specified by the Director, setting forth the amount of the\n loan or grant requested, and the use to which the loan or grant will be\n applied. The application shall describe in detail (i) the area to be studied\n or protected, including the population and the value of property to be\n protected, historic flooding data and hydrologic studies projecting flood\n frequency; (ii) the estimated cost-benefit ratio of the project; (iii) the\n ability of the locality to provide its share of the cost; (iv) the\n administration of local flood plain management regulations; and (v) other\n necessary information to establish project or study priority.\n\n 2. The local government agrees and furnishes assurance, satisfactory to the\n Director, that it will satisfactorily maintain any structure financed, in\n whole or in part, through the loans or grants provided under this article.\n\n 3. If the requested loan or grant is sought to acquire land, the Director\n shall require satisfactory evidence prior to acting on the request that the\n local government will acquire the land if the loan or grant is made.\n\n 4. A local government is eligible to receive a grant once every five years,\n provided that it has a flood mitigation plan approved by the Director and has\n demonstrated satisfactory evidence of plan implementation. Lacking an approved\n plan the local government is eligible for a grant once every ten years.\n\n 5. [Repealed.]\n\nB. The Director shall develop guidance criteria for making loans and grants for\ndam safety repair projects. Priority shall be given to making loans for high\nhazard dams.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 462, 498; 1995, c. 510; 2002, c. 320; 2006, cc. 648, 765.","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}}