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The Board shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and shall determine the terms and conditions of any loan from the Fund. Unless otherwise required by law, loans for such facilities, structures, and other best management practices may be made only when loan requests for eligible wastewater treatment facilities designed to meet the water quality standards established pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15 have first been satisfied. The Board shall give priority (i) first to local governments that have adopted a stormwater control program in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2114, (ii) second to projects designed to reduce or prevent a pollutant in a water body where the water body is in violation of water quality standards established pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15, (iii) third to local governments subject to an MS4 discharge permit issued by the Board in accordance with \u00a7 62.1-44.15:20, (iv) fourth to local governments that have adopted a stormwater management program in accordance with the stormwater management provisions of the State Water Control Law (\u00a7 62.1-44.2 et seq.), and (v) fifth to all others.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217964,"text":"Loans may be made from the Fund, in the Board’s discretion, to a local government for the purpose of constructing facilities or structures or implementing other best management practices that reduce or prevent pollution of state waters caused by stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces. 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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 644<\/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 2013, chapters 756<\/a> and 793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60869,"section_number":"15.2-2114","catch_line":"Regulation of stormwater","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2114\/"},{"id":56006,"section_number":"62.1-44.15","catch_line":"Powers and duties; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15\/"},{"id":82929,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:20","catch_line":"Virginia Water Protection Permit","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_20\/"},{"id":54640,"section_number":"62.1-44.2","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":268839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59486,"identifier":"62.1-229.4","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.4","url":"\/62.1-229.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-229.4\/","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Loans for stormwater runoff control best management practices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-229.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Loans may be made from the Fund<\/span>, in the Board<\/span>’s discretion, to a local government<\/span> for the purpose of constructing facilities or structures or implementing other best management practices that reduce or prevent pollution of state waters caused by stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces. The Board<\/span> shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and shall determine the terms and conditions of any loan from the Fund<\/span>. Unless otherwise required by law<\/span>, loans for such facilities, structures, and other best management practices may be made only when loan requests for eligible wastewater treatment facilities designed to meet the water quality standards established pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15<\/a> have first been satisfied. The Board<\/span> shall give priority (i) first to local governments<\/span> that have adopted a stormwater control program in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2114<\/a>, (ii) second to projects<\/span> designed to reduce or prevent a pollutant in a water body where the water body is in violation of water quality standards established pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15<\/a>, (iii) third to local governments<\/span> subject to an MS4 discharge permit issued by the Board<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 62.1-44.15:20<\/a>, (iv) fourth to local governments<\/span> that have adopted a stormwater management program in accordance with the stormwater management provisions of the State Water Control Law<\/span> (\u00a7 62.1-44.2<\/a> et seq.), and (v) fifth to all others.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOANS FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF CONTROL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (\u00a7 62.1-229.4)\n\nLoans may be made from the Fund, in the Board’s discretion, to a local\ngovernment for the purpose of constructing facilities or structures or\nimplementing other best management practices that reduce or prevent pollution of\nstate waters caused by stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces. The Board\nshall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans and shall\ndetermine the terms and conditions of any loan from the Fund. Unless otherwise\nrequired by law, loans for such facilities, structures, and other best\nmanagement practices may be made only when loan requests for eligible wastewater\ntreatment facilities designed to meet the water quality standards established\npursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15 have first been satisfied. The Board shall give\npriority (i) first to local governments that have adopted a stormwater control\nprogram in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2114, (ii) second to projects designed to\nreduce or prevent a pollutant in a water body where the water body is in\nviolation of water quality standards established pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15,\n(iii) third to local governments subject to an MS4 discharge permit issued by\nthe Board in accordance with \u00a7 62.1-44.15:20, (iv) fourth to local governments\nthat have adopted a stormwater management program in accordance with the\nstormwater management provisions of the State Water Control Law (\u00a7 62.1-44.2 et\nseq.), and (v) fifth to all others.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 644; 2013, cc. 756, 793.","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}}