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To be eligible for loan funding, a business shall be located within a locality that is in the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority as defined in \u00a7 15.2-7600. Eligible businesses include bed-and-breakfast operations, campgrounds, and restaurants, as defined in \u00a7 35.1-1, and businesses that use working waterfronts, as defined in \u00a7 15.2-2201. 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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 474<\/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 497<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77758,"section_number":"15.2-2201","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2201\/"},{"id":74033,"section_number":"15.2-7600","catch_line":"Authority created; name","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-7600\/"},{"id":64559,"section_number":"28.2-104.1","catch_line":"Living shorelines; development of general permit; guidance","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-104.1\/"},{"id":61152,"section_number":"35.1-1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/35.1-1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":268843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64461,"identifier":"62.1-229.5","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.5","url":"\/62.1-229.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-229.5\/","token":"62.1\/22\/62.1-229.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Loans for living shorelines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-229.5","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, (i) to a local government<\/span> for the purpose of establishing living shorelines, as defined in \u00a7 28.2-104.1<\/a>, to protect or improve water quality and prevent the pollution of state waters or (ii) to a local government<\/span> that has developed a funding program to provide low-interest loans or other incentives to businesses or individual citizens of the Commonwealth to facilitate the establishment of living shorelines to protect or improve water quality and prevent the pollution of state waters. To be eligible for loan funding, a business shall be located within a locality that is in the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 15.2-7600<\/a>. Eligible businesses include bed-and-breakfast operations, campgrounds, and restaurants, as defined in \u00a7 35.1-1<\/a>, and businesses that use working waterfronts, as defined in \u00a7 15.2-2201<\/a>. The Board<\/span> shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOANS FOR LIVING SHORELINES (\u00a7 62.1-229.5)\n\nLoans may be made from the Fund, in the Board’s discretion, (i) to a local\ngovernment for the purpose of establishing living shorelines, as defined in \u00a7\n28.2-104.1, to protect or improve water quality and prevent the pollution of\nstate waters or (ii) to a local government that has developed a funding program\nto provide low-interest loans or other incentives to businesses or individual\ncitizens of the Commonwealth to facilitate the establishment of living\nshorelines to protect or improve water quality and prevent the pollution of\nstate waters. To be eligible for loan funding, a business shall be located\nwithin a locality that is in the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement\nAuthority as defined in \u00a7 15.2-7600. Eligible businesses include\nbed-and-breakfast operations, campgrounds, and restaurants, as defined in \u00a7\n35.1-1, and businesses that use working waterfronts, as defined in \u00a7 15.2-2201.\nThe Board shall develop guidelines for the administration of such loans.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 474; 2019, c. 497.","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}}