                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGIONAL COOPERATION INCENTIVE FUND CREATED; ADMINISTRATION THEREOF (§
15.2-4217)

A. There is hereby created a Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund for the purpose
of encouraging inter-local strategic and functional area planning and other
regional cooperative activities. In addition, the fund shall have the purpose of
fostering inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination where such
consolidation or coordination will result in the more efficient use of local
funds. The Fund shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community
Development. Fund availability is subject to the Appropriation Act.

B. From time to time the General Assembly and the Governor may designate
specific functional areas or activities which are to be given highest priority
for funding, including but not limited to economic development, criminal
justice, solid waste management, water supply, emergency management and
transportation.

C. Disbursements from the Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund shall be made on a
matching grant basis to planning district commissions, or in the case of
inter-local service delivery consolidation or coordination, to two or more
cooperating localities. The Department of Housing and Community Development
shall promulgate regulations for the administration of the funds, including
application forms, eligibility requirements and terms and duration of grants. In
establishing regulations, the following criteria shall be met:

   1. The planning district commission or member localities must provide, at a
   minimum, a 25 percent match to the grant, or in the case of inter-local
   service delivery consolidation or coordination, the Regional Cooperation
   Incentive Fund may provide up to 50 percent of the cost of implementation; and

   2. Any project for which a grant is sought shall use private initiative and
   enterprise insofar as feasible, and emphasize coordination of available
   governmental and private financial and technical resources.

D. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall require periodic
reports from grant recipients concerning progress of the project and the use of
funds.

HISTORY: 1995, cc. 732, 796, § 15.1-1412.1; 1997, c. 587; 2012, c. 500.