                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 15.2-2413.1)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Activities&#8221; means any programs or services provided for the
purpose of conferring specific benefits upon the businesses that are located in
the tourism improvement district and to which a fee is charged.
		&#8220;Administering nonprofit&#8221; means a private nonprofit entity that is
under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities specified
in the tourism improvement district plan. An &#8220;administering
nonprofit&#8221; may be an existing nonprofit entity or a newly formed nonprofit
entity. An &#8220;administering nonprofit&#8221; shall be a private entity and
shall not be considered a public entity for any purpose, nor may its board
members or staff be considered public officials for any purpose.
		&#8220;Benefited business&#8221; means a business located within a tourism
improvement district that is determined to be benefited, directly or indirectly,
by tourism improvement district activities provided by such tourism improvement
district. &#8220;Benefited business&#8221; includes one or more types of
businesses, one or more segments of businesses, or businesses within one or more
industries, as set forth in a tourism improvement district plan.
		&#8220;Benefit zone&#8221; means an apportioned area designated within a
tourism improvement district in which businesses pay a fee based upon the degree
of benefit derived from activities to be provided.
		&#8220;Business&#8221; means a business of any kind located in a tourism
improvement district.
		&#8220;Business fee&#8221; means any fee charged to a benefited business
pursuant to this article.
		&#8220;Business owner&#8221; means any person recognized by a locality as the
owner of a business subject to a business fee. A business may appoint an
authorized agent to act as its representative for the purposes of this article.
Such agent shall be considered the business owner for the purposes of any
signature required under this article or for any other purpose authorized by the
business owner. A locality shall have no obligation to obtain other information
as to the ownership of businesses, and its determination of ownership shall be
final and conclusive for the purposes of this article.
		&#8220;Capital improvement&#8221; means an improvement to tangible personal
property with an estimated useful life of five years or more.
		&#8220;Fee&#8221; means a fee charged by a locality in accordance with a
tourism improvement district plan.
		&#8220;Lead locality&#8221; means the locality in which the tourism
improvement district plan is filed for the establishment of a tourism
improvement district where such district includes more than one locality.
		&#8220;Locality&#8221; means any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Majority share of benefited businesses&#8221; means one or more
benefited businesses within a tourism improvement district or proposed tourism
improvement district that cumulatively comprise a majority, based on the
weighting methodology set forth in the tourism improvement district plan.
		&#8220;Tourism business&#8221; means any type of business in the tourism
sector. &#8220;Tourism business&#8221; includes a tourist home, hotel, motel,
trailer court, recreational vehicle park, privately owned or privately managed
campground, lodging intended for short-term occupancy, restaurant, tourism
attraction, and tourism activity provider.
		&#8220;Tourism improvement district&#8221; means a district established by a
locality under the provisions of this article.
		&#8220;Tourism improvement district plan&#8221; means a proposal for a tourism
improvement district under the provisions of this article.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.