CODE OF VIRGINIA

METHAMPHETAMINE CLEANUP FUND ESTABLISHED (§ 18.2-248.04)

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be
known as the Methamphetamine Cleanup Fund, hereafter referred to as “the
Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All
moneys assessed against a person convicted of manufacture of methamphetamine as
methamphetamine cleanup funds pursuant to subsection C1 of § 18.2-248 shall be
paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys
in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining
in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall
not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund
shall be used solely for the purposes of restoration to an environmentally sound
state sites used for the criminal manufacture of methamphetamine. Expenditures
and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants
issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by any agency of the
Commonwealth, law-enforcement agency, or locality with the responsibility for
and engaged in a specific methamphetamine site cleanup.

HISTORY: 2012, c. 219.