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The actual preparation of plans and specifications shall not be undertaken until the applicant certifies that adequate funding is available, and that the plans will be implemented within one year after all necessary permits are obtained.\n\n2\n\nFinancial assistance may be provided to applicants to the extent that funds for that purpose are available to the Board. In no case shall such assistance exceed fifty percent of the total cost of construction. Funds shall not be disbursed until the Board has made a final inspection and has determined that all work is adequately completed in accordance with the plans and specifications.\n\n3\n\nTo receive financial assistance, applicants must certify that they have explored and exhausted all other possible funding sources. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 450 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 1981 \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 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1371743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346180,"identifier":"10.1-655","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/5\/10.1-655","url":"\/10.1-655\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-655\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/5\/10.1-655","dublin_core":{"Title":"Types of assistance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-655","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon approval of an application for assistance, the Board may provide technical and financial assistance to the applicant according to the following guidelines:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The Board shall maintain a technical staff to recommend stream restoration<\/span> measures, to estimate costs, and to prepare engineering plans and specifications which may be used to implement such measures. The actual preparation of plans and specifications shall not be undertaken until the applicant certifies that adequate funding is available, and that the plans will be implemented within one year after all necessary permits are obtained. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Financial assistance may be provided to applicants to the extent that funds for that purpose are available to the Board. In no case shall such assistance exceed fifty percent of the total cost of construction. Funds shall not be disbursed until the Board has made a final inspection and has determined that all work is adequately completed in accordance with the plans and specifications. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To receive financial assistance, applicants must certify that they have explored and exhausted all other possible funding sources. In cases where a national disaster area has been declared, no funding shall be provided under the Program<\/span> until it is determined to what extent the federal government will participate in stream restoration<\/span> along the segments under consideration.\n\t\t\tWhen requests for financial assistance exceed available resources, the Board shall set priorities and allocate funds as it deems appropriate to accomplish the maximum benefit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTYPES OF ASSISTANCE (\u00a7 10.1-655)\n\nUpon approval of an application for assistance, the Board may provide technical\nand financial assistance to the applicant according to the following guidelines:\n\n1. The Board shall maintain a technical staff to recommend stream restoration\nmeasures, to estimate costs, and to prepare engineering plans and specifications\nwhich may be used to implement such measures. The actual preparation of plans\nand specifications shall not be undertaken until the applicant certifies that\nadequate funding is available, and that the plans will be implemented within one\nyear after all necessary permits are obtained.\n\n2. Financial assistance may be provided to applicants to the extent that funds\nfor that purpose are available to the Board. In no case shall such assistance\nexceed fifty percent of the total cost of construction. Funds shall not be\ndisbursed until the Board has made a final inspection and has determined that\nall work is adequately completed in accordance with the plans and\nspecifications.\n\n3. To receive financial assistance, applicants must certify that they have\nexplored and exhausted all other possible funding sources. In cases where a\nnational disaster area has been declared, no funding shall be provided under the\nProgram until it is determined to what extent the federal government will\nparticipate in stream restoration along the segments under consideration.\n\t\t\tWhen requests for financial assistance exceed available resources, the Board\nshall set priorities and allocate funds as it deems appropriate to accomplish\nthe maximum benefit.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 450, \u00a7 21-11.28; 1988, c. 891.","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"}}