Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 10.1 > Subtitle II > Chapter 13 > Article 4 - Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act

• Allowance: means an authorization to emit a fixed amount of carbon dioxide. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Allowance auction: means an auction in which the Department or its agent offers allowances for sale. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Board: means the State Air Pollution Control Board. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
• Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Virginia Code 8.2-103
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Virginia Code 8.2-106
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Quality. See Virginia Code 10.1-1300
• Department: means the Department of Education. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
• DHCD: means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• DOE: means the Department of Energy. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fund: means the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund created pursuant to § 10. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• present sale: means a sale which is accomplished by the making of the contract. See Virginia Code 8.2-106
• Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
• RGGI: means the program to implement the memorandum of understanding between signatory states dated December 20, 2005, and as may be amended, and the corresponding model rule that established a regional carbon dioxide electric power sector cap and trade program. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. See Virginia Code 10.1-1329
• Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Virginia Code 8.2-103
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
• Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. See Virginia Code 22.1-1
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.