                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-603.24)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Authority&#8221; means the Virginia Resources Authority.
		&#8220;Cost,&#8221; as applied to any project financed under the provisions of
this article, means the total of all costs incurred by the local government,
federally recognized tribe, or Virginia recognized tribe as reasonable and
necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incident to
the accomplishment of any project.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Virginia Department of Conservation and
Recreation.
		&#8220;Flood prevention or protection&#8221; means the construction of hazard
mitigation projects, acquisition of land, or implementation of land use controls
that reduce or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.
		&#8220;Flood prevention or protection study&#8221; means the conduct of a
hydraulic or hydrologic study of a flood plain with historic and predicted
floods, the assessment of flood risk, and the development of strategies to
prevent or mitigate damage from coastal or riverine flooding.
		&#8220;Fund&#8221; means the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund
created pursuant to § 10.1-603.25.
		&#8220;Local government&#8221; means any county, city, town, municipal
corporation, authority, district, commission, or political subdivision created
by the General Assembly or pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia or laws of
the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Low-income geographic area&#8221; means any locality, or community
within a locality, that has a median household income that is not greater than
80 percent of the local median household income, or any area in the Commonwealth
designated as a qualified opportunity zone by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
via his delegation of authority to the Internal Revenue Service.
		&#8220;Nature-based solution&#8221; means an approach that reduces the impacts
of flood and storm events through the use of environmental processes and natural
systems. A nature-based solution may provide additional benefits beyond flood
control, including recreational opportunities and improved water quality.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 762; 2020, cc. 1199, 1219, 1254, 1280; 2025, cc. 527, 542.