{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-540.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-540.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-540.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-540.html"}],"law_id":75850,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75850,"structure_id":15032,"section_number":"59.1-540","catch_line":"Administration","history":"2005, cc. 863, 884.","full_text":"The Department shall administer this chapter and shall have the following powers and duties:\n\n1\n\nTo establish the criteria for determining what areas qualify as enterprise zones. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the distress criteria specified in &#xA7; 59.1-545;2\n\nTo monitor the implementation and operation of this chapter;3\n\nTo evaluate and report on the Enterprise Zone Program;4\n\nTo administer, enforce, and interpret the regulations promulgated by the Board; and5\n\nTo allocate grant funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272364,"text":"The Department shall administer this chapter and shall have the following powers and duties:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":272365,"text":"To establish the criteria for determining what areas qualify as enterprise zones. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0863\">863<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0884\">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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68273,"section_number":"59.1-545","catch_line":"Application review","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-545\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75850,"identifier":"59.1-540","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-540","url":"\/59.1-540\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-540\/","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-540","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-540","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall administer this chapter and shall have the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> To establish the criteria for determining what areas qualify as <span class=\"dictionary\">enterprise zones<\/span>. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the distress criteria specified in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Application review\" href=\"\/59.1-545\/\">59.1-545<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-272365\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-540\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> To monitor the implementation and operation of this chapter; <a id=\"paragraph-272366\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-540\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> To evaluate and report on the <span class=\"dictionary\">Enterprise Zone<\/span> Program; <a id=\"paragraph-272367\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-540\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> To administer, enforce, and interpret the regulations promulgated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-272368\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-540\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> To allocate grant funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. <a id=\"paragraph-272369\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-540\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATION (\u00a7 59.1-540)\n\nThe Department shall administer this chapter and shall have the following powers\nand duties:\n\n1. To establish the criteria for determining what areas qualify as enterprise\nzones. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the distress criteria\nspecified in &#xA7; 59.1-545;\n\n2. To monitor the implementation and operation of this chapter;\n\n3. To evaluate and report on the Enterprise Zone Program;\n\n4. To administer, enforce, and interpret the regulations promulgated by the\nBoard; and\n\n5. To allocate grant funds in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\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}}