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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56071</law_id><section_number>62.1-229.1</section_number><catch_line>Loans and grants for agricultural best management practices</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="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Water Facilities Revolving Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Loans or grants may be made from the <span class="dictionary">Fund</span>, in the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;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 <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">local government</span> to establish a program pursuant to clause (ii). The <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>1999, c. 497; 2019, c. 552.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
