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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86922</law_id><section_number>2.2-2337</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="D">State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="22">Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="10">Fort Monroe Authority Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Area of Operation</span>&#x201D; means land owned by the <span class="dictionary">Commonwealth</span> at Fort Monroe.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Authority</span>&#x201D; means the Fort Monroe <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of <span class="dictionary">Trustees</span> created in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Board of Trustees; membership" href="/2.2-2338/">2.2-2338</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Bonds</span></span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> pursuant to this article.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">City of Hampton</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;City&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">City of Hampton</span>, Virginia, a municipal corporation of the <span class="dictionary">Commonwealth</span> of Virginia.
		&#x201C;Design Standards&#x201D; means the standards developed as a requirement of the <span class="dictionary">Programmatic Agreement</span> and referred to in that document as the &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Historic Preservation Manual and Design Standards</span>&#x201D; which govern the restoration, rehabilitation, and renovation of the contributing elements to the Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark District and new construction, additions, and reconstruction of buildings so they are compatible with the overall character of the District, as they may be adopted or amended from time to time.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Facility</span>&#x201D; means a particular building or structure or particular buildings or structures, including all equipment, appurtenances, and accessories necessary or appropriate for the operation of such <span class="dictionary">facility</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fort Monroe Master Plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;Master Plan&#x201D; means the plan that identifies the long-term vision for the reuse of the <span class="dictionary">Area of Operation</span>, key implementation <span class="dictionary">projects</span>, and a detailed implementation strategy for attracting new uses and investment to the <span class="dictionary">Area of Operation</span> as approved by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> and produced in accordance with the public participation plan as adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fort Monroe Reuse Plan</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;Reuse Plan&#x201D; means the document created by the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> and adopted as an official operating document on August 20, 2008, as it may be amended from time to time.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Programmatic Agreement</span> for the Closure and Disposal of Fort Monroe, Va.&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Programmatic Agreement</span>&#x201D; means that certain agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, entered into among the U.S. Army, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the <span class="dictionary">Commonwealth</span> of Virginia, the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> and the National Park Service and signed by all Signatory Parties as of April 27, 2009, pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Project</span>&#x201D; means any specific enterprise undertaken by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>, including the facilities as defined in this article, and all other property, real or personal, or any interest therein, necessary or appropriate for the operation of such property.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Real property</span>&#x201D; means all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, and right, legal or <span class="dictionary">equitable</span>, therein, including terms for years and <span class="dictionary">liens</span> by way of <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, mortgage, or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such <span class="dictionary">liens</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State Memorandum of Understanding</span>&#x201D; means an agreement between the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>, the Secretary of Administration, the State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Governor, on behalf of all state agencies, to protect Fort Monroe and its historic, cultural, and natural <span class="dictionary">assets</span> by carefully implementing the plans, <span class="dictionary">stipulations</span>, requirements, and obligations under the <span class="dictionary">Programmatic Agreement</span> for nonfederal lands following the transfer of properties from the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Army to the <span class="dictionary">Commonwealth</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trustees</span>&#x201D; means the members of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of <span class="dictionary">Trustees</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.</p></section></text><history>2011, c. 716; 2012, cc. 436, 482; 2014, cc. 676, 681; 2019, cc. 38, 389.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
