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All amounts appropriated and such other funds as may be made available to the Subfund from any other source, public or private, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Subfund. Interest earned on moneys in the Subfund shall remain in the Subfund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Subfund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Subfund. Moneys in the Subfund shall be used as provided in subsection B solely for the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.B\n\nBeginning on July 1, 2008, and continuing in each subsequent fiscal year until July 1, 2018, out of such amounts as may be appropriated and deposited to the Subfund, distributions shall be made in each fiscal year for the following purposes:1\n\nEight percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be distributed to soil and water conservation districts to provide technical assistance for the implementation of such agricultural best management practices. Each soil and water conservation district in the Commonwealth shall receive a share according to a method employed by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation in consultation with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, that accounts for the percentage of the available agricultural best management practices funding that will be received by the district from the Subfund;2\n\nFifty-five percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and3\n\nThirty-seven percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.C\n\nThe Department of Conservation and Recreation, in consultation with stakeholders, including representatives of the agricultural community, the conservation community, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts, shall determine an annual funding amount for effective Soil and Water Conservation District technical assistance and implementation of agricultural best management practices pursuant to § 10.1-546.1. Pursuant to § 2.2-1504, the Department shall provide to the Governor the annual funding amount needed for each year of the ensuing biennial period. The Department shall include the annual funding amount as part of the reporting requirements in § 62.1-44.118.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219376,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund hereafter referred to as “the Subfund,” which shall be a subfund of the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund and administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Subfund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All amounts appropriated and such other funds as may be made available to the Subfund from any other source, public or private, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Subfund. Interest earned on moneys in the Subfund shall remain in the Subfund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Subfund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Subfund. Moneys in the Subfund shall be used as provided in subsection B solely for the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":219377,"text":"Beginning on July 1, 2008, and continuing in each subsequent fiscal year until July 1, 2018, out of such amounts as may be appropriated and deposited to the Subfund, distributions shall be made in each fiscal year for the following purposes:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":219378,"text":"Eight percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be distributed to soil and water conservation districts to provide technical assistance for the implementation of such agricultural best management practices. Each soil and water conservation district in the Commonwealth shall receive a share according to a method employed by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation in consultation with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, that accounts for the percentage of the available agricultural best management practices funding that will be received by the district from the Subfund;","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":219379,"text":"Fifty-five percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"B3"},"4":{"id":219380,"text":"Thirty-seven percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"B3","prefix_anchor":"B3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"C"},"5":{"id":219381,"text":"The Department of Conservation and Recreation, in consultation with stakeholders, including representatives of the agricultural community, the conservation community, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts, shall determine an annual funding amount for effective Soil and Water Conservation District technical assistance and implementation of agricultural best management practices pursuant to § 10.1-546.1. Pursuant to § 2.2-1504, the Department shall provide to the Governor the annual funding amount needed for each year of the ensuing biennial period. 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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 643<\/a> and 701<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2009, chapters 209<\/a> and 263<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 245<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63909,"section_number":"10.1-2129","catch_line":"Agency coordination; conditions of grants","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2129\/"},{"id":58075,"section_number":"10.1-2132","catch_line":"Nonpoint source pollution funding; conditions for approval","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2132\/"},{"id":57504,"section_number":"10.1-546.1","catch_line":"Delivery of Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-546.1\/"},{"id":72159,"section_number":"15.2-961.3","catch_line":"Replacement of trees during development process in localities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-961.3\/"},{"id":81573,"section_number":"2.2-1514","catch_line":"(Contingent effective date) Commitment of general fund for nonrecurring expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1514\/"},{"id":83136,"section_number":"3.2-5156","catch_line":"(For expiration date, see Editor's notes) Civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5156\/"},{"id":65745,"section_number":"62.1-44.118","catch_line":"Status reports on progress; legislative oversight","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.118\/"},{"id":65748,"section_number":"62.1-44.119:1","catch_line":"Effective date","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.119_1\/"},{"id":83684,"section_number":"62.1-44.119:3","catch_line":"Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund reporting requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.119_3\/"},{"id":80065,"section_number":"62.1-44.119:4","catch_line":"Regulatory format on agricultural practices before effective date","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.119_4\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57504,"section_number":"10.1-546.1","catch_line":"Delivery of Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-546.1\/"},{"id":78334,"section_number":"2.2-1504","catch_line":"Estimates by state agencies of amounts needed","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1504\/"},{"id":65745,"section_number":"62.1-44.118","catch_line":"Status reports on progress; legislative oversight","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.118\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59887,"identifier":"10.1-2128.1","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2128.1","url":"\/10.1-2128.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2128.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2128.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2128.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund<\/span> to be known as the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund<\/span> hereafter referred to as “the Subfund,” which shall be a subfund of the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund<\/span> and administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Subfund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All amounts appropriated and such other funds<\/span> as may be made available to the Subfund from any other source, public or private, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Subfund. Interest earned on moneys in the Subfund shall remain in the Subfund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Subfund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Subfund. Moneys in the Subfund shall be used as provided in subsection B solely for the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Beginning on July 1, 2008, and continuing in each subsequent fiscal year until July 1, 2018, out of such amounts as may be appropriated and deposited to the Subfund, distributions shall be made in each fiscal year for the following purposes: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Eight percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be distributed to soil and water conservation districts to provide technical assistance for the implementation of such agricultural best management practices. Each soil and water conservation district in the Commonwealth shall receive a share according to a method employed by the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation in consultation with the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, that accounts for the percentage of the available agricultural best management practices funding that will be received by the district from the Subfund; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Fifty-five percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Thirty-seven percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the Commonwealth exclusively outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department of Conservation and Recreation, in consultation with stakeholders, including representatives of the agricultural community, the conservation community, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts, shall determine an annual funding amount for effective Soil and Water Conservation District technical assistance and implementation of agricultural best management practices pursuant to § 10.1-546.1<\/a>. Pursuant to § 2.2-1504<\/a>, the Department shall provide to the Governor the annual funding amount needed for each year of the ensuing biennial period. The Department shall include the annual funding amount as part of the reporting requirements in § 62.1-44.118<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITMENT FUND ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 10.1-2128.1)\n\nA. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund hereafter referred to\nas “the Subfund,” which shall be a subfund of the Virginia Water\nQuality Improvement Fund and administered by the Department of Conservation and\nRecreation. The Subfund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller.\nAll amounts appropriated and such other funds as may be made available to the\nSubfund from any other source, public or private, shall be paid into the state\ntreasury and credited to the Subfund. Interest earned on moneys in the Subfund\nshall remain in the Subfund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the\nSubfund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not\nrevert to the general fund but shall remain in the Subfund. Moneys in the\nSubfund shall be used as provided in subsection B solely for the Virginia\nAgricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program administered by the\nDepartment of Conservation and Recreation.\n\nB. Beginning on July 1, 2008, and continuing in each subsequent fiscal year\nuntil July 1, 2018, out of such amounts as may be appropriated and deposited to\nthe Subfund, distributions shall be made in each fiscal year for the following\npurposes:\n\n 1. Eight percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia Agricultural\n Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be distributed to soil and\n water conservation districts to provide technical assistance for the\n implementation of such agricultural best management practices. Each soil and\n water conservation district in the Commonwealth shall receive a share\n according to a method employed by the Director of the Department of\n Conservation and Recreation in consultation with the Virginia Soil and Water\n Conservation Board, that accounts for the percentage of the available\n agricultural best management practices funding that will be received by the\n district from the Subfund;\n\n 2. Fifty-five percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia\n Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for\n matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the\n Commonwealth exclusively or partly within the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and\n\n 3. Thirty-seven percent of the total amount distributed to the Virginia\n Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program shall be used for\n matching grants for agricultural best management practices on lands in the\n Commonwealth exclusively outside of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.\n\nC. The Department of Conservation and Recreation, in consultation with\nstakeholders, including representatives of the agricultural community, the\nconservation community, and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts, shall\ndetermine an annual funding amount for effective Soil and Water Conservation\nDistrict technical assistance and implementation of agricultural best management\npractices pursuant to § 10.1-546.1. Pursuant to § 2.2-1504, the\nDepartment shall provide to the Governor the annual funding amount needed for\neach year of the ensuing biennial period. The Department shall include the\nannual funding amount as part of the reporting requirements in §\n62.1-44.118.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 643, 701; 2009, cc. 209, 263; 2011, c. 245.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}