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In addition, the fund shall have the purpose of fostering inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination where such consolidation or coordination will result in the more efficient use of local funds. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Fund availability is subject to the Appropriation Act.B\n\nFrom time to time the General Assembly and the Governor may designate specific functional areas or activities which are to be given highest priority for funding, including but not limited to economic development, criminal justice, solid waste management, water supply, emergency management and transportation.C\n\nDisbursements from the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund shall be made on a matching grant basis to planning district commissions, or in the case of inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination, to two or more cooperating localities. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the funds, including application forms, eligibility requirements and terms and duration of grants. In establishing regulations, the following criteria shall be met:1\n\nThe planning district commission or member localities must provide, at a minimum, a 25 percent match to the grant, or in the case of inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination, the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund may provide up to 50 percent of the cost of implementation; and2\n\nAny project for which a grant is sought shall use private initiative and enterprise insofar as feasible, and emphasize coordination of available governmental and private financial and technical resources.D\n\nThe Department of Housing and Community Development shall require periodic reports from grant recipients concerning progress of the project and the use of funds.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221314,"text":"There is hereby created a Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund for the purpose of encouraging inter-local strategic and functional area planning and other regional cooperative activities. In addition, the fund shall have the purpose of fostering inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination where such consolidation or coordination will result in the more efficient use of local funds. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. 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The Department of Housing and Community Development shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the funds, including application forms, eligibility requirements and terms and duration of grants. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0732\">732<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0796\">796<\/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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0500\">500<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62384,"section_number":"36-139.6","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Director; oversight of planning district commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-139.6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60536,"identifier":"15.2-4217","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4217","url":"\/15.2-4217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4217\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund created; administration thereof","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> There is hereby created a Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund for the purpose of encouraging inter-local strategic and functional area planning and other regional cooperative activities. In addition, the fund shall have the purpose of fostering inter-local service delivery <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> or coordination where such <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> or coordination will result in the more efficient use of local funds. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Fund availability is subject to the Appropriation Act. <a id=\"paragraph-221314\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> From time to time the General Assembly and the Governor may designate specific functional areas or activities which are to be given highest priority for funding, including but not limited to economic development, criminal justice, solid waste management, water supply, emergency management and transportation. <a id=\"paragraph-221315\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Disbursements from the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund shall be made on a matching grant basis to <span class=\"dictionary\">planning district<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">commissions<\/span>, or in the case of inter-local service delivery <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> or coordination, to two or more cooperating localities. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the funds, including application forms, eligibility requirements and terms and duration of grants. In establishing regulations, the following criteria shall be met: <a id=\"paragraph-221316\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">planning district<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">commission<\/span> or member localities must provide, at a minimum, a 25 percent match to the grant, or in the case of inter-local service delivery <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> or coordination, the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund may provide up to 50 percent of the cost of implementation; and <a id=\"paragraph-221317\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#C1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any project for which a grant is sought shall use private initiative and enterprise insofar as feasible, and emphasize coordination of available governmental and private financial and technical resources. <a id=\"paragraph-221318\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#C2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> The Department of Housing and Community Development shall require periodic reports from grant recipients concerning progress of the project and the use of funds. <a id=\"paragraph-221319\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-4217\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGIONAL COOPERATION INCENTIVE FUND CREATED; ADMINISTRATION THEREOF (\u00a7\n15.2-4217)\n\nA. There is hereby created a Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund for the purpose\nof encouraging inter-local strategic and functional area planning and other\nregional cooperative activities. In addition, the fund shall have the purpose of\nfostering inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination where such\nconsolidation or coordination will result in the more efficient use of local\nfunds. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment. Fund availability is subject to the Appropriation Act.\n\nB. From time to time the General Assembly and the Governor may designate\nspecific functional areas or activities which are to be given highest priority\nfor funding, including but not limited to economic development, criminal\njustice, solid waste management, water supply, emergency management and\ntransportation.\n\nC. Disbursements from the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund shall be made on a\nmatching grant basis to planning district commissions, or in the case of\ninter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination, to two or more\ncooperating localities. The Department of Housing and Community Development\nshall promulgate regulations for the administration of the funds, including\napplication forms, eligibility requirements and terms and duration of grants. In\nestablishing regulations, the following criteria shall be met:\n\n   1. The planning district commission or member localities must provide, at a\n   minimum, a 25 percent match to the grant, or in the case of inter-local\n   service delivery consolidation or coordination, the Regional Cooperation\n   Incentive Fund may provide up to 50 percent of the cost of implementation; and\n\n   2. Any project for which a grant is sought shall use private initiative and\n   enterprise insofar as feasible, and emphasize coordination of available\n   governmental and private financial and technical resources.\n\nD. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall require periodic\nreports from grant recipients concerning progress of the project and the use of\nfunds.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 732, 796, \u00a7 15.1-1412.1; 1997, c. 587; 2012, c. 500.","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}}