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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 535<\/a> and 537<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68549,"section_number":"24.2-948.7","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Violations of the ban on personal use of campaign funds; complaint; notice; hearing; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.7\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64578,"section_number":"24.2-948.6","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Use of campaign funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.6\/"},{"id":68549,"section_number":"24.2-948.7","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Violations of the ban on personal use of campaign funds; complaint; notice; hearing; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.7\/"},{"id":85751,"section_number":"24.2-948.8","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Advisory opinions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-948.8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72361,"identifier":"24.2-948.9","token":"24.2\/9.3\/3\/24.2-948.9","url":"\/24.2-948.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-948.9\/","token":"24.2\/9.3\/3\/24.2-948.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-948.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-948.7<\/a> 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 administering the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-948.6<\/a>, 24.2-948.7<\/a>, and 24.2-948.8<\/a>. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Commissioner of Elections<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) PROHIBITED PERSONAL USE ENFORCEMENT FUND (\u00a7\n24.2-948.9)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund, referred to in this\nsection as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of\nthe Comptroller. All civil penalties levied pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-948.7 shall be\npaid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on moneys\nin the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining\nin the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall\nnot revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund\nshall be used solely for the purposes of administering the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7\n24.2-948.6, 24.2-948.7, and 24.2-948.8. Expenditures and disbursements from the\nFund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller\nupon written request signed by the Commissioner of Elections.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 535, 537.","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}}