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The Fund shall consist of sums appropriated to it by the General Assembly which shall include, unless otherwise provided in the general appropriation act, 10 percent of the annual general fund revenue collections that are in excess of the official estimates in the general appropriation act and 10 percent of any unrestricted and uncommitted general fund balance at the close of each fiscal year whose reappropriation is not required in the general appropriation act. The Fund shall also consist of such other sums as may be made available to it from any other source, public or private, and shall include any penalties or damages collected under this article, federal grants solicited and received for the specific purposes of the Fund, and all interest and income from investment of the Fund. Any sums 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. All moneys designated for the Fund shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for Water Quality Improvement Grants. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon the written request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as provided in this chapter.B\n\nExcept as otherwise provided under this article, the purpose of the Fund is to provide Water Quality Improvement Grants to local governments, soil and water conservation districts, state agencies, institutions of higher education and individuals for point and nonpoint source pollution prevention, reduction and control programs and efforts undertaken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Fund shall not be used for agency operating expenses or for purposes of replacing or otherwise reducing any general, nongeneral, or special funds allocated or appropriated to any state agency; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the award of a Water Quality Improvement Grant to a local government in connection with point or nonpoint pollution prevention, reduction and control programs or efforts undertaken on land owned by the Commonwealth and leased to the local government. In keeping with the purpose for which the Fund is created, it shall be the policy of the General Assembly to provide annually its share of financial support to qualifying applicants for grants in order to fulfill the Commonwealth’s responsibilities under Article XI of the Constitution of Virginia.C\n\nFor the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, $50 million shall be appropriated from the general fund and deposited into the Fund. Except as otherwise provided under this article, such appropriation and any amounts appropriated to the Fund in subsequent years in addition to any amounts deposited to the Fund pursuant to the provisions of subsection A shall be used solely to finance the costs of design and installation of nutrient removal technology at publicly owned treatment works designated as significant dischargers or eligible nonsignificant dischargers for compliance with the effluent limitations for total nitrogen and total phosphorus of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan or applicable regulatory or permit requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Governor and General Assembly may, at any time, provide additional funding for nonpoint source pollution reduction activities through the Fund in excess of the deposit required under subsection A.\n\t\t\tAt such time as grant agreements specified in § 10.1-2130 have been signed by every significant discharger and eligible nonsignificant discharger and available funds are sufficient to implement the provisions of such grant agreements, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall review the financial assistance provided under this section and determine (i) whether such deposits should continue to be made, (ii) the size of the deposit to be made, (iii) the programs and activities that should be financed by such deposits in the future, and (iv) whether the provisions of this section should be extended.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":301493,"text":"There is hereby established in the state treasury a special permanent, nonreverting fund, to be known as the “Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The Fund shall consist of sums appropriated to it by the General Assembly which shall include, unless otherwise provided in the general appropriation act, 10 percent of the annual general fund revenue collections that are in excess of the official estimates in the general appropriation act and 10 percent of any unrestricted and uncommitted general fund balance at the close of each fiscal year whose reappropriation is not required in the general appropriation act. The Fund shall also consist of such other sums as may be made available to it from any other source, public or private, and shall include any penalties or damages collected under this article, federal grants solicited and received for the specific purposes of the Fund, and all interest and income from investment of the Fund. Any sums 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. All moneys designated for the Fund shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for Water Quality Improvement Grants. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon the written request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as provided in this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":301494,"text":"Except as otherwise provided under this article, the purpose of the Fund is to provide Water Quality Improvement Grants to local governments, soil and water conservation districts, state agencies, institutions of higher education and individuals for point and nonpoint source pollution prevention, reduction and control programs and efforts undertaken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Fund shall not be used for agency operating expenses or for purposes of replacing or otherwise reducing any general, nongeneral, or special funds allocated or appropriated to any state agency; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the award of a Water Quality Improvement Grant to a local government in connection with point or nonpoint pollution prevention, reduction and control programs or efforts undertaken on land owned by the Commonwealth and leased to the local government. In keeping with the purpose for which the Fund is created, it shall be the policy of the General Assembly to provide annually its share of financial support to qualifying applicants for grants in order to fulfill the Commonwealth’s responsibilities under Article XI of the Constitution of Virginia.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":301495,"text":"For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, $50 million shall be appropriated from the general fund and deposited into the Fund. Except as otherwise provided under this article, such appropriation and any amounts appropriated to the Fund in subsequent years in addition to any amounts deposited to the Fund pursuant to the provisions of subsection A shall be used solely to finance the costs of design and installation of nutrient removal technology at publicly owned treatment works designated as significant dischargers or eligible nonsignificant dischargers for compliance with the effluent limitations for total nitrogen and total phosphorus of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan or applicable regulatory or permit requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Governor and General Assembly may, at any time, provide additional funding for nonpoint source pollution reduction activities through the Fund in excess of the deposit required under subsection A.\n\t\t\tAt such time as grant agreements specified in § 10.1-2130 have been signed by every significant discharger and eligible nonsignificant discharger and available funds are sufficient to implement the provisions of such grant agreements, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall review the financial assistance provided under this section and determine (i) whether such deposits should continue to be made, (ii) the size of the deposit to be made, (iii) the programs and activities that should be financed by such deposits in the future, and (iv) whether the provisions of this section should be extended.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15254,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14173,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:53:22","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:53:22","permalink":{"id":146855,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15254,"identifier":"4","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4","url":"\/10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14173,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997","identifier":"21.1","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12741,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:08","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:08","permalink":{"id":146803,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14173,"identifier":"21.1","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1","url":"\/10.1\/II\/21.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12741,"edition_id":1,"name":"Activities Administered by Other Entities","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12740,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":144833,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12741,"identifier":"II","token":"10.1\/II","url":"\/10.1\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12740,"edition_id":1,"name":"Conservation","identifier":"10.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":143313,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12740,"identifier":"10.1","token":"10.1","url":"\/10.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":59595,"structure_id":15254,"section_number":"10.1-2127.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/10.1-2127.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2127.1","metadata":false},{"id":84120,"structure_id":15254,"section_number":"10.1-2128","catch_line":"Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established; 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/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 7 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 1999, chapter 257<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 264<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 704<\/a>, 707<\/a>, and 709<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 236<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 278<\/a>, 500<\/a>, 643<\/a>, and 701<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 684<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 164<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82526,"section_number":"10.1-1186.01","catch_line":"Reimbursements to localities for upgrades to treatment works","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1186.01\/"},{"id":58830,"section_number":"10.1-2117","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2117\/"},{"id":57096,"section_number":"10.1-2122","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of the Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2122\/"},{"id":55348,"section_number":"10.1-2125","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2125\/"},{"id":82891,"section_number":"10.1-2126","catch_line":"Additional powers and duties of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2126\/"},{"id":59595,"section_number":"10.1-2127.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2127.1\/"},{"id":63909,"section_number":"10.1-2129","catch_line":"Agency coordination; conditions of grants","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2129\/"},{"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":70603,"section_number":"2.2-1831.3","catch_line":"Commitment of funds for Revenue Reserve Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1831.3\/"},{"id":77973,"section_number":"62.1-44.19:14","catch_line":"Watershed general permit for nutrients","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.19_14\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81192,"section_number":"10.1-2130","catch_line":"General provisions related to grants from the Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2130\/"}],"permalink":{"id":146861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84120,"identifier":"10.1-2128","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2128","url":"\/10.1-2128\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2128\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/4\/10.1-2128","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established; purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2128","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There is hereby established in the state treasury a special permanent, nonreverting fund<\/span>, to be known as the “Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund<\/span>.” The Fund<\/span> shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The Fund<\/span> shall consist of sums appropriated to it by the General Assembly which shall include, unless otherwise provided in the general appropriation act, 10 percent of the annual general fund<\/span> revenue collections that are in excess of the official estimates in the general appropriation act and 10 percent of any unrestricted and uncommitted general fund<\/span> balance at the close of each fiscal year whose reappropriation is not required in the general appropriation act. The Fund<\/span> shall also consist of such other sums as may be made available to it from any other source, public or private, and shall include any penalties or damages<\/span> collected under this article, federal grants solicited and received for the specific purposes of the Fund<\/span>, and all interest and income from investment of the Fund<\/span>. Any sums remaining in the Fund<\/span>, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Fund<\/span>. All moneys designated for the Fund<\/span> shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund<\/span>. Moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall be used solely for Water Quality Improvement Grants<\/span>. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund<\/span> shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon the written request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as provided in this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided under this article, the purpose of the Fund<\/span> is to provide Water Quality Improvement Grants<\/span> to local governments<\/span>, soil and water conservation districts, state agencies, institutions of higher education<\/span> and individuals<\/span> for point and nonpoint source pollution<\/span> prevention, reduction and control programs and efforts undertaken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Fund<\/span> shall not be used for agency operating expenses or for purposes of replacing or otherwise reducing any general, nongeneral, or special funds<\/span> allocated or appropriated to any state agency; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the award of a Water Quality Improvement Grant to a local government<\/span> in connection with point or nonpoint pollution prevention, reduction and control programs or efforts undertaken on land owned by the Commonwealth and leased to the local government<\/span>. In keeping with the purpose for which the Fund<\/span> is created, it shall be the policy of the General Assembly to provide annually its share of financial support to qualifying applicants for grants in order<\/span> to fulfill the Commonwealth’s responsibilities under Article XI of the Constitution of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, $50 million shall be appropriated from the general fund<\/span> and deposited into the Fund<\/span>. Except as otherwise provided under this article, such appropriation and any amounts appropriated to the Fund<\/span> in subsequent years in addition to any amounts deposited to the Fund<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of subsection A shall be used solely to finance the costs of design and installation of nutrient removal technology<\/span> at publicly owned treatment works<\/span> designated as significant dischargers<\/span> or eligible nonsignificant dischargers<\/span> for compliance with the effluent limitations for total nitrogen and total phosphorus of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan or applicable regulatory or permit requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Governor and General Assembly may, at any time, provide additional funding for nonpoint source pollution<\/span> reduction activities through the Fund<\/span> in excess of the deposit required under subsection A.\n\t\t\tAt such time as grant agreements specified in § 10.1-2130<\/a> have been signed by every significant discharger<\/span> and eligible nonsignificant discharger<\/span> and available funds<\/span> are sufficient to implement the provisions of such grant agreements, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall review the financial assistance provided under this section and determine (i) whether such deposits should continue to be made, (ii) the size of the deposit to be made, (iii) the programs and activities that should be financed by such deposits in the future, and (iv) whether the provisions of this section should be extended. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND ESTABLISHED; PURPOSES (\u00a7 10.1-2128)\n\nA. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special permanent,\nnonreverting fund, to be known as the “Virginia Water Quality Improvement\nFund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The\nFund shall consist of sums appropriated to it by the General Assembly which\nshall include, unless otherwise provided in the general appropriation act, 10\npercent of the annual general fund revenue collections that are in excess of the\nofficial estimates in the general appropriation act and 10 percent of any\nunrestricted and uncommitted general fund balance at the close of each fiscal\nyear whose reappropriation is not required in the general appropriation act. The\nFund shall also consist of such other sums as may be made available to it from\nany other source, public or private, and shall include any penalties or damages\ncollected under this article, federal grants solicited and received for the\nspecific purposes of the Fund, and all interest and income from investment of\nthe Fund. Any sums remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end\nof each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the\nFund. All moneys designated for the Fund shall be paid into the state treasury\nand credited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for Water\nQuality Improvement Grants. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall\nbe made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon the\nwritten request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or\nthe Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation as provided in\nthis chapter.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided under this article, the purpose of the Fund is\nto provide Water Quality Improvement Grants to local governments, soil and water\nconservation districts, state agencies, institutions of higher education and\nindividuals for point and nonpoint source pollution prevention, reduction and\ncontrol programs and efforts undertaken in accordance with the provisions of\nthis chapter. The Fund shall not be used for agency operating expenses or for\npurposes of replacing or otherwise reducing any general, nongeneral, or special\nfunds allocated or appropriated to any state agency; however, nothing in this\nsection shall be construed to prevent the award of a Water Quality Improvement\nGrant to a local government in connection with point or nonpoint pollution\nprevention, reduction and control programs or efforts undertaken on land owned\nby the Commonwealth and leased to the local government. In keeping with the\npurpose for which the Fund is created, it shall be the policy of the General\nAssembly to provide annually its share of financial support to qualifying\napplicants for grants in order to fulfill the Commonwealth’s\nresponsibilities under Article XI of the Constitution of Virginia.\n\nC. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, $50 million shall be appropriated\nfrom the general fund and deposited into the Fund. Except as otherwise provided\nunder this article, such appropriation and any amounts appropriated to the Fund\nin subsequent years in addition to any amounts deposited to the Fund pursuant to\nthe provisions of subsection A shall be used solely to finance the costs of\ndesign and installation of nutrient removal technology at publicly owned\ntreatment works designated as significant dischargers or eligible nonsignificant\ndischargers for compliance with the effluent limitations for total nitrogen and\ntotal phosphorus of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan or\napplicable regulatory or permit requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of\nthis section, the Governor and General Assembly may, at any time, provide\nadditional funding for nonpoint source pollution reduction activities through\nthe Fund in excess of the deposit required under subsection A.\n\t\t\tAt such time as grant agreements specified in § 10.1-2130 have been\nsigned by every significant discharger and eligible nonsignificant discharger\nand available funds are sufficient to implement the provisions of such grant\nagreements, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural\nResources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on\nAgriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on\nFinance and Appropriations shall review the financial assistance provided under\nthis section and determine (i) whether such deposits should continue to be made,\n(ii) the size of the deposit to be made, (iii) the programs and activities that\nshould be financed by such deposits in the future, and (iv) whether the\nprovisions of this section should be extended.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 1999, c. 257; 2001, c. 264; 2005, cc. 704, 707,\n709; 2006, c. 236; 2008, cc. 278, 500, 643, 701; 2010, c. 684; 2015, c. 164.","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}}