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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 222 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. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 309<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449431,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363817,"identifier":"44-146.31","token":"44\/3.4\/44-146.31","url":"\/44-146.31\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-146.31\/","token":"44\/3.4\/44-146.31","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-146.31","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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

“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Emergency Management.<\/p>

“Nuclear power station<\/span>” means a facility producing electricity through the utilization of nuclear energy for sale to the public which is required to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and includes all units of the facility at a single site.<\/p>

“Person<\/span>” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 44-146.31)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Department” means the Department of Emergency Management.\n\n“Nuclear power station” means a facility producing electricity\nthrough the utilization of nuclear energy for sale to the public which is\nrequired to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and includes all\nunits of the facility at a single site.\n\n“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm,\nassociation, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency,\npolitical subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor,\nrepresentative, agent or agency of the foregoing.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 222; 2000, c. 309.","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"}}