Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 29 > Article 31 - State Resiliency and Flood Protection Plan Act

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the West Virginia State Resiliency Office Board created by this article. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Code: means the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Community facilities: means a specific work, or improvement within this state or a specific item of equipment or tangible personal property owned or operated by any political subdivision or nonprofit corporation and used within this state to provide any essential service to the general public. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Disaster: means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural, or terrorist, or man-made cause, including weapons of mass destruction, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, snow, storm, chemical or oil spill or other water or soil contamination, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation or other public calamity requiring emergency action. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Disaster recovery activities: means activities undertaken following a disaster to provide, or to participate in, the provision of long-term rehabilitation of infrastructure, housing, community facilities, and economic activity impacted by a disaster event. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Flood Fund: means the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund created by this article. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Flood resiliency: means efforts and activities intended to minimize damages during times of flooding resulting in reduced risk to people and infrastructure, and ensuring there is ample room for flooding and river adjustment to occur where the opportunity may exist. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• 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.
• Person: means any individual, corporation, voluntary organization or entity, partnership, firm, or other association, organization, or entity organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Political subdivision: means any county or municipal corporation in this state. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Recovery Trust Fund: means the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund created by this article. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• Stafford Act: means the Robert T. See West Virginia Code 29-31-2a
• 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
• Town: includes a city, village or town, and the word "council" any body or board, whether composed of one or more branches, which is authorized to make ordinances for the government of a city, town, or village. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10