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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 863<\/a> and 884<\/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":57964,"section_number":"58.1-439.12:05","catch_line":"Green and alternative energy job creation tax credit","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-439.12_05\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262551,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83451,"identifier":"59.1-539","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-539","url":"\/59.1-539\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-539\/","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-539","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-539","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Board<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Enterprise zone<\/span>” means an area declared by the Governor to be eligible for the benefits of this chapter.\n\t\t“Local zone administrator<\/span>” means the chief executive of the county or city in which the enterprise zone<\/span> is located, or his designee.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-539)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the Board of Housing and Community Development.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment.\n\t\t“Enterprise zone” means an area declared by the Governor to be\neligible for the benefits of this chapter.\n\t\t“Local zone administrator” means the chief executive of the county\nor city in which the enterprise zone is located, or his designee.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 863, 884.","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}}