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I, cc. 550, 551.","full_text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t&#8220;CDFI&#8221; means a community development financial institution that provides credit and financial services for underserved communities.\n\t\t&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund established in \u00a7 4.1-1501.\n\t\t&#8220;Funding&#8221; means loans made from the Fund.\n\t\t&#8220;Program&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program established in \u00a7 4.1-1502.\n\t\t&#8220;Social equity qualified cannabis licensee&#8221; means a person or business who meets the criteria in \u00a7 4.1-606 to qualify as a social equity applicant and who either holds or is in the final stages of acquiring, as determined by the Board, a license to operate a marijuana establishment.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":257655,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t&#8220;CDFI&#8221; means a community development financial institution that provides credit and financial services for underserved communities.\n\t\t&#8220;Fund&#8221; 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means a community development financial institution that provides credit and financial services for underserved communities.\n\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Fund<\/span>&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan <span class=\"dictionary\">Fund<\/span> established in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund\" href=\"\/4.1-1501\/\">4.1-1501<\/a>.\n\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Funding<\/span>&#8221; means loans made from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Fund<\/span>.\n\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Program<\/span>&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan <span class=\"dictionary\">Program<\/span> established in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Selection of CDFI; Program requirements; guidelines for management of the Fund\" href=\"\/4.1-1502\/\">4.1-1502<\/a>.\n\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Social equity qualified cannabis licensee<\/span>&#8221; means a person or business who meets the criteria in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Regulations of the Board\" href=\"\/4.1-606\/\">4.1-606<\/a> to qualify as a social equity applicant and who either holds or is in the final stages of acquiring, as determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, a license to operate a <span class=\"dictionary\">marijuana establishment<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 4.1-1500)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t&#8220;CDFI&#8221; means a community development financial institution that\nprovides credit and financial services for underserved communities.\n\t\t&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund\nestablished in \u00a7 4.1-1501.\n\t\t&#8220;Funding&#8221; means loans made from the Fund.\n\t\t&#8220;Program&#8221; means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program\nestablished in \u00a7 4.1-1502.\n\t\t&#8220;Social equity qualified cannabis licensee&#8221; means a person or\nbusiness who meets the criteria in \u00a7 4.1-606 to qualify as a social equity\napplicant and who either holds or is in the final stages of acquiring, as\ndetermined by the Board, a license to operate a marijuana establishment.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. 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