Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 31 > Article 21 > Part I - Short Title, Declaration of Policy, Purpose

• Agency: means the Children's Health Insurance Agency, a division within the Bureau for Medical Services. See West Virginia Code 5-16B-2
• Agreement: means any agreement being entered into between the nonprofit corporation and a business, corporation, private party or local or state government. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• 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 board of directors of the corporation to be appointed under the provisions of section six of this article. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Certified sites: means those sites that are developable properties that have been prequalified as having proper land use designation, utilities, transportation improvements, availability, and pricing. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Charitable purposes: means the 501(c)(3) subclasses of "lessening the burden of the government" where the government identifies a need for the nonprofit entity to assist with a governmental service and the nonprofit collaborates with the government entity, and "environmental protection for the benefit of the public" where the services of the corporation benefit the general public by protecting public health and the environment as well as assisting with state and local economic development initiatives. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Corporation: means the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation, a nonstock, nonprofit corporation to be established under the West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act, article two, chapter . See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• DEP: means the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection or any successor agency. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Director: means the deputy commissioner within the Bureau for Medical Services who has responsibility for the operation and oversight of the Children's Health Insurance Agency. See West Virginia Code 5-16B-2
• Enforcement tools: means any order, permit, consent decree or environmental covenant or similar mechanisms which restrict or control certain land uses implemented at IEC Sites. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Environmental acts: means the Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act set forth in article three, chapter . See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• ICs: means administrative and legal controls that do not involve construction or physically changing the site and are generally divided into four categories: 1) Government controls, 2) Proprietary controls, 3) Enforcement tools, and 4) Informational devices. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• IEC Sites: means sites in this state that have been remediated or closed under a federal or state environmental program, including, but not limited to, brownfields, underground storage tanks, closed landfills, open dumps, hazardous waste sites, and former mining sites with ongoing water treatment as part of mine reclamation efforts. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Informational devices: means deed notices or other written documents that describe the remediation that was conducted on an IEC Site, the constituents of concern, and the remediation standards that were achieved. See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Nonprofit corporation: means a corporation established under the West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act, article two, chapter . See West Virginia Code 31-21-2
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Program: means the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program. See West Virginia Code 5-16B-2
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10