{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-1500","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 4.1-1500","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\"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.","path":["Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control","Subtitle II. Cannabis Control Act","Chapter 15. Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program and Fund"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/4.1-1500/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:24Z","sha256":"378ea5da484057dd1f2187efe42b9e831435a509d4a1547025e5b0c9153776dc","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-1402","next":"us-va/va.-code-4.1-1501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}