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Any obligation or expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, with the approval of the Authority, for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications or other work or materials in connection with the construction of the Authority Facilities may be regarded as part of the cost of the Authority Facilities and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or such agency out of any funds available therefor or the proceeds of the revenue bonds issued for such Authority Facilities as hereinafter authorized.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":304872,"text":"For the purposes of this act, the following terms and phrases shall mean:\n\t\t“Authority” shall mean the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority created by this act and by similar enactment by the District of Columbia or, if the Authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by this act to the Authority shall be conferred by law;\n\t\t“Authority Facilities” shall mean any or all airport facilities now existing or hereafter acquired or constructed or caused to be constructed by the Authority under this act, and together with any or all buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in land, water rights, air rights, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishings, landscaping, easements, utilities, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto, including the existing Dulles Airport Access Road and its right-of-way, acquired or constructed by the Authority;\n\t\t“Bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall mean bonds and notes or refunding bonds and notes or bond anticipation notes or other obligations of the Authority issued under the provisions of this act.\n\t\t“Cost” shall mean, as applied to Authority Facilities, the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other property rights and interests, the cost of lease payments, the cost of construction, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating any buildings or structures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of any extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for a period not exceeding one year after completion of such construction, the cost of engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the Authority Facilities, administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of bond issuance and other devices designed to enhance the creditworthiness of the bonds, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the construction of the Authority Facilities, the financing of such construction and the placing of the Authority Facilities in operation. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 342<\/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":58752,"section_number":"19.2-389.2","catch_line":"Background checks of applicants of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-389.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85067,"identifier":"5.1-152","token":"5.1\/10\/5.1-152","url":"\/5.1-152\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-152\/","token":"5.1\/10\/5.1-152","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-152","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of this act, the following terms and phrases shall mean:\n\t\t“Authority” shall mean the Metropolitan Washington Airports<\/span> Authority created by this act and by similar enactment by the District of Columbia or, if the Authority shall be abolished, the board<\/span>, body, or commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by this act to the Authority shall be conferred by law<\/span>;\n\t\t“Authority Facilities<\/span>” shall mean any or all airport<\/span> facilities now existing or hereafter acquired or constructed or caused to be constructed by the Authority under this act, and together with any or all buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in land, water rights, air rights, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishings, landscaping, easements, utilities, approaches, roadways and other facilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto, including the existing Dulles Airport<\/span> Access Road and its right-of-way, acquired or constructed by the Authority;\n\t\t“Bonds” or “revenue bonds<\/span>” shall mean bonds and notes or refunding bonds and notes or bond<\/span> anticipation notes or other obligations of the Authority issued under the provisions of this act.\n\t\t“Cost” shall mean, as applied to Authority Facilities<\/span>, the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and other property rights and interests, the cost of lease payments, the cost of construction, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating any buildings or structures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of any extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of all labor, materials<\/span>, machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest on all bonds prior to and during construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for a period not exceeding one year after completion of such construction, the cost of engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the Authority Facilities<\/span>, administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of bond<\/span> issuance and other devices designed to enhance the creditworthiness of the bonds, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the construction of the Authority Facilities<\/span>, the financing of such construction and the placing of the Authority Facilities<\/span> in operation. Any obligation or expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, with the approval of the Authority, for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications or other work or materials<\/span> in connection with the construction of the Authority Facilities<\/span> may be regarded as part of the cost of the Authority Facilities<\/span> and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or such agency out of any funds available therefor or the proceeds of the revenue bonds<\/span> issued for such Authority Facilities<\/span> as hereinafter authorized.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 5.1-152)\n\nFor the purposes of this act, the following terms and phrases shall mean:\n\t\t“Authority” shall mean the Metropolitan Washington Airports\nAuthority created by this act and by similar enactment by the District of\nColumbia or, if the Authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission\nor agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers\ngiven by this act to the Authority shall be conferred by law;\n\t\t“Authority Facilities” shall mean any or all airport facilities\nnow existing or hereafter acquired or constructed or caused to be constructed by\nthe Authority under this act, and together with any or all buildings,\nimprovements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights\nin land, water rights, air rights, franchises, machinery, equipment,\nfurnishings, landscaping, easements, utilities, approaches, roadways and other\nfacilities necessary or desirable in connection therewith or incidental thereto,\nincluding the existing Dulles Airport Access Road and its right-of-way, acquired\nor constructed by the Authority;\n\t\t“Bonds” or “revenue bonds” shall mean bonds and notes\nor refunding bonds and notes or bond anticipation notes or other obligations of\nthe Authority issued under the provisions of this act.\n\t\t“Cost” shall mean, as applied to Authority Facilities, the cost of\nacquisition of all lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and\nother property rights and interests, the cost of lease payments, the cost of\nconstruction, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating any buildings or\nstructures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which\nsuch buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of any\nextensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the cost of all labor,\nmaterials, machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest on all bonds\nprior to and during construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, for\na period not exceeding one year after completion of such construction, the cost\nof engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies,\nsurveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses necessary or incident\nto determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the Authority\nFacilities, administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, reserves\nfor interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements, the\ncost of bond issuance and other devices designed to enhance the creditworthiness\nof the bonds, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the\nconstruction of the Authority Facilities, the financing of such construction and\nthe placing of the Authority Facilities in operation. Any obligation or expenses\nincurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, with the approval of the\nAuthority, for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans and\nspecifications or other work or materials in connection with the construction of\nthe Authority Facilities may be regarded as part of the cost of the Authority\nFacilities and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or such agency out of any\nfunds available therefor or the proceeds of the revenue bonds issued for such\nAuthority Facilities as hereinafter authorized.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 342.","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}}