Virginia § 38.2-402 - Definitions
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 38.2-402 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 38.2-402. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
"Assessable year" means the calendar year upon which the direct gross premium income is computed under this chapter. In the case of direct gross premium income for a fraction of a calendar year, the term includes the period in which that direct gross premium income is received or derived from business in this Commonwealth.
"Direct gross premium income" means direct gross premium as defined in § 58.1-2500.
"License year" means the 12-month period beginning on July 1 next succeeding the assessable year and ending on June 30 of the subsequent year. This shall also be the year in which annual reports of direct gross premium income are required to be filed under § 38.2-406 and the annual assessment paid under the provisions of this chapter.
1977, c. 317, §§ 38.1-48.1, 38.1-48.2; 1978, c. 4; 1986, c. 562; 1996, c. 22; 2012, c. 584.
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