Chapter 22. AuthoritiesRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 2.2-2200
- Definitions
- Article 2. Commercial Space Flight AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2201
- Short title; definitions
- § 2.2-2202
- Declaration of public purpose; Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority created
- § 2.2-2203
- Board of directors; members and officers; Executive Director
- § 2.2-2203.1
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2203.2
- Strategic plan
- § 2.2-2203.3
- Employees; employment; personnel rules
- § 2.2-2203.4
- Trust for postemployment benefits authorized; administration
- § 2.2-2204
- Powers of the Authority
- § 2.2-2205
- Form, terms, execution and sale of bonds; use of proceeds; interim receipts or temporary bonds; lost or destroyed bonds; faith and credit of state and political subdivisions not pledged; expenses
- § 2.2-2206
- Trust indenture or agreement securing bonds
- § 2.2-2207
- Moneys received deemed trust funds
- § 2.2-2208
- Proceedings by bondholder or trustee to enforce rights
- § 2.2-2209
- Bonds made securities for investment and deposit
- § 2.2-2210
- Refunding bonds; bonds for refunding and for costs of additional projects
- § 2.2-2211
- Grants or loans of public or private funds
- § 2.2-2212
- Moneys of Authority
- § 2.2-2213
- Forms of accounts and records; audit; annual report
- § 2.2-2214
- Exemption from taxes or assessments
- § 2.2-2215
- Powers not restrictive; exemptions from Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act
- § 2.2-2216
- Appropriations by any government
- § 2.2-2217
- Conveyance, lease or transfer of property by a city or county to the Authority
- Article 3. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2218
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2220
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2220.1
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2221.2
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2222
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2233.2
- Repealed
- Article 4. Virginia Economic Development Partnership AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2234
- Short title; declaration of public purpose; Authority created
- § 2.2-2235
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2235.1
- Board of directors; members and officers; Chief Executive Officer
- § 2.2-2236
- Powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer
- § 2.2-2236.1
- Internal auditor; duties
- § 2.2-2237
- Powers of Authority
- § 2.2-2237.1
- Board of directors to develop strategic plan for economic development; marketing plan; operational plan; submission
- § 2.2-2237.2
- Office of the Attorney General to provide instruction to Board
- § 2.2-2237.3
- Division of Incentives
- § 2.2-2238
- Economic development services
- § 2.2-2238.1
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2239
- Planning and research
- § 2.2-2239.1
- Advisory Committee on Business Development and Marketing
- § 2.2-2239.2
- Advisory Committee on International Trade
- § 2.2-2240
- Nonstock corporation to assist economic development
- § 2.2-2240.1
- Grants paid to the Authority to promote research, development, and commercialization of products
- § 2.2-2240.2
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2240.2:1
- Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund
- § 2.2-2240.2:2
- (Effective January 1, 2025 until June 30, 2028) Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program.
- § 2.2-2240.3
- Definitions; Virginia Jobs Investment Program and Fund; composition; general qualifications
- § 2.2-2240.4
- Virginia New Jobs Program
- § 2.2-2240.5
- Workforce Retraining Program
- § 2.2-2240.6
- Small Business New Jobs and Retraining Programs
- § 2.2-2241
- Moneys of Authority
- § 2.2-2242
- Forms of accounts and records
- § 2.2-2243
- Exemptions from taxes or assessments
- § 2.2-2244
- Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures; adoption of procurement policies
- § 2.2-2245
- Appropriations by any government
- § 2.2-2246
- Conveyance, lease or transfer of property by a city or county to the Authority
- Article 5. Virginia Information Providers Network AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2247
- Repealed
- Article 6. Virginia Public Building AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2260
- Short title; definition
- § 2.2-2261
- Virginia Public Building Authority created; purpose; membership; terms; expenses; staff
- § 2.2-2262
- Board of directors
- § 2.2-2263
- Powers and duties of Authority; limitations
- § 2.2-2264
- Revenue bonds generally
- § 2.2-2265
- Trust agreement securing bonds
- § 2.2-2266
- Rents, fees and charges for financing or refinancing, services or use of facilities; use and disposition of revenues
- § 2.2-2267
- Moneys received deemed trust funds
- § 2.2-2268
- Proceedings by bondholder or trustee to enforce rights
- § 2.2-2269
- Bonds made securities for investment and deposit
- § 2.2-2270
- Revenue refunding bonds; bonds for refunding and for cost of additional projects
- § 2.2-2271
- Grants or loans of public or private funds
- § 2.2-2272
- Moneys of Authority; audit
- § 2.2-2273
- Contracts, leases and other arrangements
- § 2.2-2274
- Resolutions, rules and regulations, etc.
- § 2.2-2275
- Competition in award of contracts; contractors to give surety; terms of contracts
- § 2.2-2276
- Eminent domain; right of entry
- § 2.2-2277
- Jurisdiction of suits against Authority; service of process
- § 2.2-2278
- Exemption from taxes or assessments
- Article 7. Virginia Small Business Financing AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2279
- Short title; definitions
- § 2.2-2280
- Declaration of public purpose; Authority created
- § 2.2-2281
- Construction of article
- § 2.2-2282
- Board of directors; membership; terms, compensation and expenses; chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer; quorum; staff
- § 2.2-2283
- Meetings of the Board
- § 2.2-2284
- Executive Director; appointment; duties
- § 2.2-2285
- Powers of the Authority
- § 2.2-2286
- Power to condemn
- § 2.2-2287
- Power to borrow money and issue bonds
- § 2.2-2288
- Power to issue bonds to purchase ninety percent guaranteed portion of loans
- § 2.2-2289
- Power to issue umbrella bonds
- § 2.2-2290
- Insurance or guarantee fund
- § 2.2-2291
- Security for bonds; fees and expenses; limitations
- § 2.2-2292
- Public hearing and approval
- § 2.2-2293
- Loans to lenders; conditions
- § 2.2-2294
- Investment in, purchase or assignment of loans; conditions
- § 2.2-2295
- Regulations of the Authority
- § 2.2-2296
- How bonds paid and secured
- § 2.2-2297
- Liability of Commonwealth, political subdivisions and members of Board
- § 2.2-2298
- Authorization of bonds by resolution; contents of bond sale; manner
- § 2.2-2299
- Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; provisions
- § 2.2-2300
- Pledge by Authority
- § 2.2-2301
- Purchase of bonds of Authority
- § 2.2-2302
- Bonds secured by indenture; contents; expenses; how treated
- § 2.2-2303
- Signatures of prior members or officers; validity
- § 2.2-2304
- Deposit of money; expenditures; security for deposits
- § 2.2-2305
- Contracts with holders of bonds; how money secured
- § 2.2-2306
- Bondholder protection
- § 2.2-2307
- Bonds as legal investments and securities
- § 2.2-2308
- Expenses of Authority; liability of Commonwealth or political subdivision prohibited
- § 2.2-2309
- Creation, administration, and management of Virginia Export Fund
- § 2.2-2310
- Creation, administration, and management of Virginia Small Business Growth Fund
- § 2.2-2311
- Repealed
- § 2.2-2311.1
- Creation, administration, and management of the Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business Loan Fund
- § 2.2-2312
- Annual report; audit
- § 2.2-2312.1
- Risk-based review of outstanding loans; report
- § 2.2-2313
- Exemption from taxation
- § 2.2-2314
- Administrative Process Act not applicable
- Article 8. Virginia Tourism AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2315
- Short title; declaration of public purpose; Authority created
- § 2.2-2316
- Executive Director; Board of Directors; members and officers
- § 2.2-2317
- Appointment and duties of Executive Director
- § 2.2-2318
- Powers of Authority
- § 2.2-2319
- Cooperative Marketing Fund
- § 2.2-2320
- Governor's Motion Picture Opportunity Fund
- § 2.2-2320.1
- Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund
- § 2.2-2320.2
- Tourism promotion grants
- § 2.2-2321
- Grants from Commonwealth
- § 2.2-2322
- Deposit of money; expenditures; security for deposits
- § 2.2-2323
- Forms of accounts and records; annual reports; audit
- § 2.2-2324
- Exemption from taxation
- § 2.2-2325
- Exemptions from personnel and procurement procedures; adoption of procurement policies
- § 2.2-2326
- Sovereign immunity
- § 2.2-2327
- Liberal construction of article
- Article 9. Virginia National Defense Industrial AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2328
- Repealed
- Article 10. Fort Monroe Authority ActRead all
- § 2.2-2336
- Short title; declaration of public purpose; Fort Monroe Authority created; successor in interest to Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority
- § 2.2-2337
- Definitions
- § 2.2-2338
- Board of Trustees; membership
- § 2.2-2339
- Duties of the Authority
- § 2.2-2339.1
- Fort Monroe Master Plan; approval by Governor
- § 2.2-2340
- Additional declaration of policy; powers of the Authority; penalty
- § 2.2-2340.1
- Use of safety and security enhancement devices
- § 2.2-2341
- Relationship to the City of Hampton
- § 2.2-2341.1
- Control over the use of certain vehicles
- § 2.2-2342
- Payments to Commonwealth or political subdivisions thereof; payments to the City of Hampton
- § 2.2-2343
- Authority may borrow money, accept contributions, etc.
- § 2.2-2344
- Authority empowered to issue bonds; additional security; liability thereon
- § 2.2-2345
- Powers and duties of chief executive officer
- § 2.2-2346
- Legal services
- § 2.2-2347
- Exemption from taxation
- § 2.2-2348
- Rents, fees, and charges; disposition of revenues
- § 2.2-2348.1
- Ratification of the ownership of certain lands in the City of Hampton known as Fort Monroe; ownership and operation of utilities
- § 2.2-2349
- Powers conferred additional and supplemental; liberal construction
- § 2.2-2349.1
- Chapter controlling over inconsistent laws
- § 2.2-2350
- Sovereign immunity
- Article 11. Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership ActRead all
- § 2.2-2351
- Short title; declaration of public purpose
- § 2.2-2352
- Definitions
- § 2.2-2353
- Board of directors; members; president
- § 2.2-2354
- Powers and duties of the president
- § 2.2-2355
- Powers of the Authority
- § 2.2-2356
- Designation of staff of not-for-profit entity
- § 2.2-2357
- Division of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- § 2.2-2358
- Division of Investment
- § 2.2-2359
- Division of Commercialization
- § 2.2-2360
- Virginia Innovation Index
- § 2.2-2361
- Grants or loans of public or private funds
- § 2.2-2362
- Moneys of Authority; examination of books by the Auditor of Public Accounts
- § 2.2-2363
- Exemption from taxes or assessments
- § 2.2-2364
- Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures; adoption of procurement policies
- Article 12. Opioid Abatement AuthorityRead all
- § 2.2-2365
- Definitions
- § 2.2-2366
- Opioid Abatement Authority established
- § 2.2-2367
- Board of directors; members
- § 2.2-2368
- Duties of the Authority
- § 2.2-2369
- Powers of the Authority
- § 2.2-2370
- Conditions and restrictions on financial assistance
- § 2.2-2371
- Cooperation with other agencies
- § 2.2-2372
- Form and audit of accounts and records
- § 2.2-2373
- Annual report
- § 2.2-2374
- Opioid Abatement Fund
- § 2.2-2375
- Exemption from taxes or assessments
- § 2.2-2376
- Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures
- § 2.2-2377
- Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund