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Any obligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans, and specification or other work or materials in the acquisition or construction of rail facilities may be regarded as a part of the cost of rail facilities and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or any agency thereof out of the proceeds of the bonds issued for such rail facilities as herein authorized.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Rail and Public Transportation.\n\t\t“Rail facilities” means the assets consisting of the real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest in that property, whether tangible or intangible, that are determined to be necessary or convenient for the provision of passenger rail service. “Rail facilities” includes all property or interests necessary or convenient for the acquiring, providing, using, equipping, or maintaining of a rail facility or system, including right-of-way, trackwork, train controls, stations, and maintenance facilities.\n\t\t“Transportation Board” means the Commonwealth Transportation Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":237455,"text":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority.\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Authority.\n\t\t“Bonds” means the revenue notes, bonds, certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations of the Authority.\n\t\t“Cost” means, as applied to rail facilities, (i) the cost of construction; (ii) the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, fixtures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests; (iii) the cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings, structures, or fixtures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings, structures, or fixtures may be moved or relocated; (iv) the cost of all labor, materials, machinery, and equipment; (v) financing charges and interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction; (vi) the cost of engineering, financial, and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses incidental to determining the feasibility of acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining rail facilities; (vii) administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, and reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; and (viii) such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, financing, operations, and maintenance of rail facilities. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1230<\/a> and 1275<\/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":75211,"section_number":"33.2-1526.4","catch_line":"Commonwealth Rail Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1526.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65292,"identifier":"33.2-287","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/6\/33.2-287","url":"\/33.2-287\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-287\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/6\/33.2-287","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-287","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 Passenger Rail Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Bonds<\/span><\/span>” means the revenue notes, bonds<\/span><\/span>, certificates, and other evidences<\/span> of indebtedness or obligations of the Authority<\/span>.\n\t\t“Cost” means, as applied to rail facilities<\/span>, (i) the cost of construction; (ii) the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, fixtures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests; (iii) the cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings, structures, or fixtures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings, structures, or fixtures may be moved or relocated; (iv) the cost of all labor, materials<\/span>, machinery, and equipment; (v) financing charges and interest on all bonds<\/span><\/span> prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction; (vi) the cost of engineering, financial, and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses incidental to determining the feasibility of acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining rail facilities<\/span>; (vii) administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, and reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; and (viii) such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, financing, operations, and maintenance<\/span> of rail facilities<\/span>. Any obligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans, and specification or other work or materials<\/span> in the acquisition or construction of rail facilities<\/span> may be regarded as a part of the cost of rail facilities<\/span> and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or any agency thereof out of the proceeds of the bonds<\/span><\/span> issued for such rail facilities<\/span> as herein authorized.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Rail and Public Transportation<\/span>.\n\t\t“Rail facilities<\/span>” means the assets<\/span> consisting of the real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest in that property, whether tangible or intangible, that are determined to be necessary or convenient for the provision of passenger rail service. “Rail facilities<\/span>” includes all property or interests necessary or convenient for the acquiring, providing, using, equipping, or maintaining of a rail facility or system, including right-of-way, trackwork, train controls, stations, and maintenance<\/span> facilities.\n\t\t“Transportation Board<\/span>” means the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 33.2-287)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority.\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Authority.\n\t\t“Bonds” means the revenue notes, bonds, certificates, and other\nevidences of indebtedness or obligations of the Authority.\n\t\t“Cost” means, as applied to rail facilities, (i) the cost of\nconstruction; (ii) the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, fixtures,\nrights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests;\n(iii) the cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings,\nstructures, or fixtures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any\nlands to which such buildings, structures, or fixtures may be moved or\nrelocated; (iv) the cost of all labor, materials, machinery, and equipment; (v)\nfinancing charges and interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and\nfor one year after completion of construction; (vi) the cost of engineering,\nfinancial, and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys,\nestimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses incidental to determining\nthe feasibility of acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining rail\nfacilities; (vii) administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, and\nreserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, and\nimprovements; and (viii) such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental\nto the acquisition, construction, financing, operations, and maintenance of rail\nfacilities. Any obligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency\nthereof for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans, and specification\nor other work or materials in the acquisition or construction of rail facilities\nmay be regarded as a part of the cost of rail facilities and may be reimbursed\nto the Commonwealth or any agency thereof out of the proceeds of the bonds\nissued for such rail facilities as herein authorized.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Rail and Public\nTransportation.\n\t\t“Rail facilities” means the assets consisting of the real,\npersonal, or mixed property, or any interest in that property, whether tangible\nor intangible, that are determined to be necessary or convenient for the\nprovision of passenger rail service. “Rail facilities” includes all\nproperty or interests necessary or convenient for the acquiring, providing,\nusing, equipping, or maintaining of a rail facility or system, including\nright-of-way, trackwork, train controls, stations, and maintenance facilities.\n\t\t“Transportation Board” means the Commonwealth Transportation\nBoard.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.","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}}