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As used in this chapter, 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,” as applied to any project<\/span> financed under the provisions of this chapter, means the total of all costs incurred by the local government<\/span> as reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to the accomplishment of any project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Fund<\/span>” means the Virginia Infrastructure Project<\/span> Loan Fund<\/span>.\n\t\t“Local government<\/span>” means any county<\/span>, city<\/span>, town<\/span>, 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.\n\t\t“Project<\/span>” means any undertaking by a local government<\/span> to build or facilitate the building of a facility, located at or adjacent to (i) a solid waste management facility permitted by the Department of Environmental Quality or (ii) a sewerage system or sewage treatment work described in \u00a7 62.1-44.18<\/a> that is constructed and operated for the purpose of treating sewage and wastewater for discharge to state waters, which facility or work is constructed and operated for the purpose of (a) reclaiming or collecting methane or other combustible gas from the biodegradation or decomposition of solid waste, as defined in \u00a7 10.1-1400<\/a>, that has been deposited in the solid waste management facility or sewerage system or sewage treatment work and (b) either using such gas to generate electric energy or upgrading the gas to pipeline quality and transmitting it off premises for sale or delivery to commercial or industrial purchasers or to a public utility or locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 15.2-2430)\n\nAs used in this chapter, 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 chapter, means the total of all costs incurred by the local government as\nreasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary\nor incident to the accomplishment of any project.\n\t\t“Fund” means the Virginia Infrastructure Project Loan Fund.\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.\n\t\t“Project” means any undertaking by a local government to build or\nfacilitate the building of a facility, located at or adjacent to (i) a solid\nwaste management facility permitted by the Department of Environmental Quality\nor (ii) a sewerage system or sewage treatment work described in \u00a7 62.1-44.18\nthat is constructed and operated for the purpose of treating sewage and\nwastewater for discharge to state waters, which facility or work is constructed\nand operated for the purpose of (a) reclaiming or collecting methane or other\ncombustible gas from the biodegradation or decomposition of solid waste, as\ndefined in \u00a7 10.1-1400, that has been deposited in the solid waste management\nfacility or sewerage system or sewage treatment work and (b) either using such\ngas to generate electric energy or upgrading the gas to pipeline quality and\ntransmitting it off premises for sale or delivery to commercial or industrial\npurchasers or to a public utility or locality.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 724.","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}}