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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 624<\/a> and 850<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":353024,"section_number":"2.2-4002","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4002\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":345701,"section_number":"10.1-1425.10","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1425.10\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1372499,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345535,"identifier":"10.1-1197.1","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/4\/10.1-1197.1","url":"\/10.1-1197.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1197.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11.1\/4\/10.1-1197.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1197.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Fund<\/span>” means the Small Business<\/span> Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund<\/span>.<\/p>

“Small business<\/span>” means a business located in Virginia that (i) employs 100 or fewer people and (ii) is a small business<\/span> concern as defined in the federal Small Business<\/span> Act (15 U.S.C. \u00a7 631 et seq.) as amended.<\/p>

“Voluntary pollution prevention measures<\/span>” means operational or equipment changes that meet the definition of pollution prevention contained in \u00a7 10.1-1425.10<\/a> and are not otherwise required by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1197.1)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Fund” means the Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance\nFund.\n\n“Small business” means a business located in Virginia that (i)\nemploys 100 or fewer people and (ii) is a small business concern as defined in\nthe federal Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. \u00a7 631 et seq.) as amended.\n\n“Voluntary pollution prevention measures” means operational or\nequipment changes that meet the definition of pollution prevention contained in\n\u00a7 10.1-1425.10 and are not otherwise required by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 624, 850.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}