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If the Director requests a disbursement in excess of $100,000 or an amount exceeding the remaining agency balance, the disbursement shall require the written approval of the Governor. The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop guidelines which, after approval by the Governor, determine how the Fund can be used for the purposes described herein.\n\t\tDisbursements from the Fund may be made for the purposes outlined in \u00a7 10.1-2500, including, but not limited to, personnel, administrative, and equipment costs and expenses directly incurred by the above-mentioned agencies or by any other agency or political subdivision, acting at the direction of one of the above-mentioned agencies, in and for preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by environmental pollution incidents.\n\t\tThe agency shall promptly seek reimbursement from any person causing or contributing to an environmental pollution incident for all sums disbursed from the Fund for the protection, relief and recovery from loss or damage caused by such person. In the event a request for reimbursement is not paid within sixty days of receipt of a written demand, the claim shall be referred to the Attorney General for collection. The agency shall be allowed to recover all legal and court costs and other expenses incident to such actions for collection.\n\t\tIn any year in which the Fund balance exceeds two million dollars, the Director may transfer such excess amount to the Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1197.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":245096,"text":"The disbursement of moneys from the Fund shall be made by the State Comptroller at the written request of the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. The Director shall have the authority to access the Fund for up to $100,000 per occurrence as long as the disbursement does not exceed the balance for the agency account. If the Director requests a disbursement in excess of $100,000 or an amount exceeding the remaining agency balance, the disbursement shall require the written approval of the Governor. The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop guidelines which, after approval by the Governor, determine how the Fund can be used for the purposes described herein.\n\t\tDisbursements from the Fund may be made for the purposes outlined in \u00a7 10.1-2500, including, but not limited to, personnel, administrative, and equipment costs and expenses directly incurred by the above-mentioned agencies or by any other agency or political subdivision, acting at the direction of one of the above-mentioned agencies, in and for preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by environmental pollution incidents.\n\t\tThe agency shall promptly seek reimbursement from any person causing or contributing to an environmental pollution incident for all sums disbursed from the Fund for the protection, relief and recovery from loss or damage caused by such person. In the event a request for reimbursement is not paid within sixty days of receipt of a written demand, the claim shall be referred to the Attorney General for collection. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 718 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1992, chapter 887; in 1997, chapters 624<\/a> and 850<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63637,"section_number":"10.1-1197.2","catch_line":"Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund established; administration; collection of money","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1197.2\/"},{"id":80242,"section_number":"10.1-2501","catch_line":"Administration of the Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2501\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63637,"section_number":"10.1-1197.2","catch_line":"Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund established; administration; collection of money","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1197.2\/"},{"id":73108,"section_number":"10.1-2500","catch_line":"Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-2500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":147095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67653,"identifier":"10.1-2502","token":"10.1\/III\/25\/10.1-2502","url":"\/10.1-2502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2502\/","token":"10.1\/III\/25\/10.1-2502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disbursements from the Fund; transfer of funds to the Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The disbursement of moneys from the Fund shall be made by the State Comptroller at the written request of the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality. The Director<\/span> shall have the authority to access the Fund for up to $100,000 per occurrence as long as the disbursement does not exceed the balance for the agency account. If the Director<\/span> requests a disbursement in excess of $100,000 or an amount exceeding the remaining agency balance, the disbursement shall require the written approval of the Governor. The Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality shall develop guidelines which, after approval by the Governor, determine how the Fund can be used for the purposes described herein.\n\t\tDisbursements from the Fund may be made for the purposes outlined in \u00a7 10.1-2500<\/a>, including, but not limited to, personnel, administrative, and equipment costs and expenses directly incurred by the above-mentioned agencies or by any other agency or political subdivision, acting at the direction of one of the above-mentioned agencies, in and for preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by environmental pollution incidents.\n\t\tThe agency shall promptly seek reimbursement from any person causing or contributing to an environmental pollution incident for all sums disbursed from the Fund for the protection, relief and recovery from loss or damage caused by such person. In the event a request for reimbursement is not paid within sixty days of receipt of a written demand, the claim shall be referred to the Attorney General<\/span> for collection. The agency shall be allowed to recover all legal and court<\/span> costs and other expenses incident to such actions for collection.\n\t\tIn any year in which the Fund balance exceeds two million dollars, the Director<\/span> may transfer such excess amount to the Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1197.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISBURSEMENTS FROM THE FUND; TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS\nENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE FUND (\u00a7 10.1-2502)\n\nThe disbursement of moneys from the Fund shall be made by the State Comptroller\nat the written request of the Director of the Department of Environmental\nQuality. The Director shall have the authority to access the Fund for up to\n$100,000 per occurrence as long as the disbursement does not exceed the balance\nfor the agency account. If the Director requests a disbursement in excess of\n$100,000 or an amount exceeding the remaining agency balance, the disbursement\nshall require the written approval of the Governor. The Department of\nEnvironmental Quality shall develop guidelines which, after approval by the\nGovernor, determine how the Fund can be used for the purposes described herein.\n\t\tDisbursements from the Fund may be made for the purposes outlined in \u00a7\n10.1-2500, including, but not limited to, personnel, administrative, and\nequipment costs and expenses directly incurred by the above-mentioned agencies\nor by any other agency or political subdivision, acting at the direction of one\nof the above-mentioned agencies, in and for preventing or alleviating damage,\nloss, hardship, or suffering caused by environmental pollution incidents.\n\t\tThe agency shall promptly seek reimbursement from any person causing or\ncontributing to an environmental pollution incident for all sums disbursed from\nthe Fund for the protection, relief and recovery from loss or damage caused by\nsuch person. In the event a request for reimbursement is not paid within sixty\ndays of receipt of a written demand, the claim shall be referred to the Attorney\nGeneral for collection. The agency shall be allowed to recover all legal and\ncourt costs and other expenses incident to such actions for collection.\n\t\tIn any year in which the Fund balance exceeds two million dollars, the\nDirector may transfer such excess amount to the Small Business Environmental\nCompliance Assistance Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1197.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 718; 1992, c. 887; 1997, cc. 624, 850.","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}}