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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 739<\/a> and 782<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58583,"section_number":"2.2-220.5","catch_line":"Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; Interagency Resilience Management Team","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-220.5\/"},{"id":80022,"section_number":"62.1-199","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-199\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56662,"section_number":"1-230","catch_line":"Person","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-230\/"},{"id":85141,"section_number":"62.1-197","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-197\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144393,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71342,"identifier":"10.1-603.28","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.4\/10.1-603.28","url":"\/10.1-603.28\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-603.28\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/1.4\/10.1-603.28","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-603.28","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> created in Chapter 21 (\u00a7 62.1-197<\/a> et seq.) of Title 62.1.\n\t\t“Cost<\/span>,” as applied to any project<\/span> financed under the provisions of this article, means the total of all costs<\/span> incurred as reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the accomplishment of any project<\/span>. “Cost<\/span>” includes, without limitation, all necessary developmental, planning, and feasibility studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, financial, legal, or other special services, the cost<\/span> of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements thereon, including the discharge of any obligations of the sellers of such land, buildings, or improvements, site preparation and development, including demolition or removal of existing structures, construction and reconstruction, labor, materials<\/span>, machinery and equipment, the reasonable costs<\/span> of financing incurred in the course of the development of the project<\/span>, carrying charges incurred before placing the project<\/span> in service, interest on funds<\/span> borrowed to finance the project<\/span> to a date subsequent to the estimated date the project<\/span> is to be placed in service, necessary expenses incurred in connection with placing the project<\/span> in service, the funding of accounts and reserves that the Authority<\/span> may require, and the cost<\/span> of other items that the Authority<\/span> determines to be reasonable and necessary.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation.\n\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund<\/span> created by this article.\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 or laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth or any combination of any two or more of the foregoing.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” has the same meaning as set forth in \u00a7 1-230<\/a>.\n\t\t“Project<\/span>” means (i) home upgrades for resilience<\/span> purposes, home buyouts necessary for the construction of mitigation or resilience<\/span> projects<\/span>, relocations, and buyout assistance for homes, all including multifamily units; (ii) gap funding related to buyouts in order<\/span> to move residents out of floodplain hazard areas and restore or enhance the natural flood mitigation capacity of functioning floodplains; (iii) assistance to low-income and moderate-income homeowners to help lower flood risk through structural and nonstructural mitigation projects<\/span>, or other means; (iv) loans and grants to persons<\/span> for hazard mitigation and infrastructure improvement projects<\/span> for resilience<\/span> purposes; and (v) projects<\/span> identified in the Virginia Flood Protection Master Plan or the Virginia Coastal Resilience<\/span> Master Plan.\n\t\t“Resilience<\/span>” means the capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, health, the economy, and the environment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-603.28)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Virginia Resources Authority created in\nChapter 21 (\u00a7 62.1-197 et seq.) of Title 62.1.\n\t\t“Cost,” as applied to any project financed under the provisions of\nthis article, means the total of all costs incurred as reasonable and necessary\nfor carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the\naccomplishment of any project. “Cost” includes, without limitation,\nall necessary developmental, planning, and feasibility studies, surveys, plans\nand specifications, architectural, engineering, financial, legal, or other\nspecial services, the cost of acquisition of land and any buildings and\nimprovements thereon, including the discharge of any obligations of the sellers\nof such land, buildings, or improvements, site preparation and development,\nincluding demolition or removal of existing structures, construction and\nreconstruction, labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the reasonable costs\nof financing incurred in the course of the development of the project, carrying\ncharges incurred before placing the project in service, interest on funds\nborrowed to finance the project to a date subsequent to the estimated date the\nproject is to be placed in service, necessary expenses incurred in connection\nwith placing the project in service, the funding of accounts and reserves that\nthe Authority may require, and the cost of other items that the Authority\ndetermines to be reasonable and necessary.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Conservation and Recreation.\n\t\t“Fund” means the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund created by this\narticle.\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 or laws of the\nCommonwealth or any combination of any two or more of the foregoing.\n\t\t“Person” has the same meaning as set forth in \u00a7 1-230.\n\t\t“Project” means (i) home upgrades for resilience purposes, home\nbuyouts necessary for the construction of mitigation or resilience projects,\nrelocations, and buyout assistance for homes, all including multifamily units;\n(ii) gap funding related to buyouts in order to move residents out of floodplain\nhazard areas and restore or enhance the natural flood mitigation capacity of\nfunctioning floodplains; 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