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The Board shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and grants and shall determine the terms and conditions of any loan or grant from the Fund. For purposes of this section, facilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices may include riparian buffers planted in trees and maintained in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan or grant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":205517,"text":"Loans or grants may be made from the Fund, in the Board’s discretion, to (i) any person for the construction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of facilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices to prevent pollution of state waters; (ii) a local government that has developed a low-interest loan program to provide loans or other incentives to facilitate the construction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of such facilities or structures; or (iii) a financial institution working with a local government to establish a program pursuant to clause (ii). The Board shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and grants and shall determine the terms and conditions of any loan or grant from the Fund. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 497<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 552<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":268827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56071,"identifier":"62.1-229.1","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.1","url":"\/62.1-229.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-229.1\/","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Loans and grants for agricultural best management practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-229.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Loans or grants may be made from the Fund<\/span>, in the Board<\/span>’s discretion, to (i) any person for the construction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of facilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices to prevent pollution of state waters; (ii) a local government<\/span> that has developed a low-interest loan program to provide loans or other incentives to facilitate the construction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of such facilities or structures; or (iii) a financial institution working with a local government<\/span> to establish a program pursuant to clause (ii). The Board<\/span> shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and grants and shall determine the terms and conditions of any loan or grant from the Fund<\/span>. For purposes of this section, facilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices may include riparian buffers planted in trees and maintained in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan or grant.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOANS AND GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (\u00a7 62.1-229.1)\n\nLoans or grants may be made from the Fund, in the Board’s discretion, to\n(i) any person for the construction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of\nfacilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices to\nprevent pollution of state waters; (ii) a local government that has developed a\nlow-interest loan program to provide loans or other incentives to facilitate the\nconstruction, renovation, improvement, or equipping of such facilities or\nstructures; or (iii) a financial institution working with a local government to\nestablish a program pursuant to clause (ii). The Board shall develop guidelines\nfor the administration of such loans and grants and shall determine the terms\nand conditions of any loan or grant from the Fund. For purposes of this section,\nfacilities or structures to implement agricultural best management practices may\ninclude riparian buffers planted in trees and maintained in accordance with the\nterms and conditions of the loan or grant.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 497; 2019, c. 552.","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}}