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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 762<\/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 2 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 2020, chapters 1199<\/a>, 1219<\/a>, 1254<\/a>, and 1280<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 527<\/a> and 542<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65812,"section_number":"10.1-603.25","catch_line":"Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-603.25\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61922,"identifier":"10.1-603.24","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.3\/10.1-603.24","url":"\/10.1-603.24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-603.24\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.3\/10.1-603.24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-603.24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority<\/span>” means the Virginia Resources Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Cost,” as applied to any project financed under the provisions of this article, means the total of all costs incurred by the local government<\/span>, federally recognized tribe, or Virginia recognized tribe as reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the accomplishment of any project.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Virginia Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation.\n\t\t“Flood prevention or protection<\/span>” means the construction of hazard mitigation projects, acquisition of land, or implementation of land use controls that reduce or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.\n\t\t“Flood prevention or protection<\/span> study<\/span>” means the conduct of a hydraulic or hydrologic study of a flood plain with historic and predicted floods, the assessment of flood risk, and the development of strategies to prevent or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.\n\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund<\/span> created pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-603.25<\/a>.\n\t\t“Local government<\/span>” means any county, city, town, municipal corporation, authority<\/span>, district, commission, or political subdivision created by the General Assembly or pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia or laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Low-income geographic area<\/span>” means any locality, or community within a locality, that has a median household income that is not greater than 80 percent of the local median household income, or any area in the Commonwealth designated as a qualified opportunity zone by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury via his delegation of authority<\/span> to the Internal Revenue Service.\n\t\t“Nature-based solution<\/span>” means an approach that reduces the impacts of flood and storm events through the use of environmental processes and natural systems. A nature-based solution<\/span> may provide additional benefits beyond flood control, including recreational opportunities and improved water quality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-603.24)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Virginia Resources Authority.\n\t\t“Cost,” as applied to any project financed under the provisions of\nthis article, means the total of all costs incurred by the local government,\nfederally recognized tribe, or Virginia recognized tribe as reasonable and\nnecessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to\nthe accomplishment of any project.\n\t\t“Department” means the Virginia Department of Conservation and\nRecreation.\n\t\t“Flood prevention or protection” means the construction of hazard\nmitigation projects, acquisition of land, or implementation of land use controls\nthat reduce or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.\n\t\t“Flood prevention or protection study” means the conduct of a\nhydraulic or hydrologic study of a flood plain with historic and predicted\nfloods, the assessment of flood risk, and the development of strategies to\nprevent or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.\n\t\t“Fund” means the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund\ncreated pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-603.25.\n\t\t“Local government” means any county, city, town, municipal\ncorporation, authority, district, commission, or political subdivision created\nby the General Assembly or pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia or laws of\nthe Commonwealth.\n\t\t“Low-income geographic area” means any locality, or community\nwithin a locality, that has a median household income that is not greater than\n80 percent of the local median household income, or any area in the Commonwealth\ndesignated as a qualified opportunity zone by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury\nvia his delegation of authority to the Internal Revenue Service.\n\t\t“Nature-based solution” means an approach that reduces the impacts\nof flood and storm events through the use of environmental processes and natural\nsystems. A nature-based solution may provide additional benefits beyond flood\ncontrol, including recreational opportunities and improved water quality.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 762; 2020, cc. 1199, 1219, 1254, 1280; 2025, cc. 527, 542.","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}}