CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 10.1-705)

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