                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-493)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Liquefied petroleum gas&#8221; means any material that is composed
predominately of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of the same:
propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane and isobutane) and butylenes.
		&#8220;Owner&#8221; means any person who holds a written bill of sale under
which title or ownership to a container was transferred to such person, or any
manufacturer of a container who has not sold or transferred ownership thereof by
written bill of sale.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means any person, firm, or corporation.
		&#8220;Qualifying emergency&#8221; means (i) a state of emergency as declared
by the Governor pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (§ 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44; (ii)
a local emergency as declared by the local director of emergency management with
the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision pursuant to §
44-146.21; (iii) a state of emergency as declared by the President of the United
States; (iv) when severe weather or other similar circumstances exist that may
result in a person being placed in imminent danger of death or injury or may
result in a building or its fixtures being at risk of significant damage due to
lack of heat caused by the lack of sufficient liquefied petroleum gas to produce
such heat; or (v) when a waiver from delivery limitations affecting the delivery
of liquefied petroleum gas has been ordered.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-400.1; 1970, c. 442; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2023, c. 531.