                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-705)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Agency of this Commonwealth&#8221; includes the government of this
Commonwealth and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or
otherwise, of the government of this Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Conservation and Recreation.
		&#8220;Develop&#8221; or &#8220;development&#8221; means the replenishment and
restoration of existing public beaches.
		&#8220;Erosion&#8221; means the process of destruction by the action of wind,
water, or ice of the land bordering the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Government&#8221; or &#8220;governmental&#8221; includes the government
of this Commonwealth, the government of the United States, and any subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.
		&#8220;Locality&#8221; means a county, city or town.
		&#8220;Program&#8221; means the provisions of the Public Beach Conservation
and Development Act.
		&#8220;Public beach&#8221; means a sandy beach located on a tidal shoreline
suitable for bathing in a county, city or town and open to indefinite public
use.
		&#8220;Reach&#8221; means a shoreline segment wherein there is mutual
interaction of the forces of erosion, sediment transport and accretion.
		&#8220;United States&#8221; or &#8220;agencies of the United States&#8221;
includes the United States of America, the United States Department of
Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of
the United States of America.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 428, § 10-217; 1984, c. 750; 1985, c. 448; 1988, c. 891;
2003, cc. 79, 89.