As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 4.1-1500

  • Board: means the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. See Virginia Code 4.1-600
  • Fund: means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund established in § 4. See Virginia Code 4.1-1500
  • Marijuana: means any part of a plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not, its seeds or resin; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds, its resin, or any extract containing one or more cannabinoids. See Virginia Code 4.1-600
  • Program: means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program established in § 4. See Virginia Code 4.1-1500

“CDFI” means a community development financial institution that provides credit and financial services for underserved communities.

“Fund” means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Fund established in § 4.1-1501.

“Funding” means loans made from the Fund.

“Program” means the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program established in § 4.1-1502.

“Social equity qualified cannabis licensee” means a person or business who meets the criteria in § 4.1-606 to qualify as a social equity applicant and who either holds or is in the final stages of acquiring, as determined by the Board, a license to operate a marijuana establishment.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551.