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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65292</law_id><section_number>33.2-287</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-1526.4</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions and Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Transportation Entities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">Virginia Passenger Rail Authority Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Authority</span>&#x201D; means the Virginia Passenger Rail <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.
		&#x201C;Board&#x201D; means the Board of Directors of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Bonds</span></span>&#x201D; means the revenue notes, <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, certificates, and other <span class="dictionary">evidences</span> of indebtedness or obligations of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>.
		&#x201C;Cost&#x201D; means, as applied to <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span>, (i) the cost of construction; (ii) the cost of acquisition of all lands, structures, fixtures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests; (iii) the cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings, structures, or fixtures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings, structures, or fixtures may be moved or relocated; (iv) the cost of all labor, <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, machinery, and equipment; (v) financing charges and interest on all <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> prior to and during construction and for one year after completion of construction; (vi) the cost of engineering, financial, and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses incidental to determining the feasibility of acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span>; (vii) administrative expenses, provisions for working capital, and reserves for interest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; and (viii) such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, financing, operations, and <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> of <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span>. Any obligation or expense incurred by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof for studies, surveys, borings, preparation of plans, and specification or other work or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in the acquisition or construction of <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span> may be regarded as a part of the cost of <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span> and may be reimbursed to the Commonwealth or any agency thereof out of the proceeds of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> issued for such <span class="dictionary">rail facilities</span> as herein authorized.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Rail and <span class="dictionary">Public Transportation</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Rail facilities</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> consisting of the real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest in that property, whether tangible or intangible, that are determined to be necessary or convenient for the provision of passenger rail service. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Rail facilities</span>&#x201D; includes all property or interests necessary or convenient for the acquiring, providing, using, equipping, or maintaining of a rail facility or system, including right-of-way, trackwork, train controls, stations, and <span class="dictionary">maintenance</span> facilities.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Transportation Board</span>&#x201D; means the Commonwealth <span class="dictionary">Transportation Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1230, 1275.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
