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The Comptroller shall annually distribute moneys from the Fund for the following purposes:1\n\nTo cover the Commission’s costs for its operation of a marine police dispatch service.2\n\nTo reimburse each county or city in Tidewater Virginia or any county abutting Smith Mountain Lake for its operation of a marine patrol or for providing marine patrol services in waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth. The amount to be paid to each county or city shall be as specifically provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller, upon certification by the Commissioner, shall make such payments no later than February 1. The total amount provided to any county or city shall not exceed twenty dollars per motorboat registered in the locality on January 1 of that year, as determined by the records of the Board of Wildlife Resources.B\n\nIf total distributions allowable under subsection A of this section exceed the amount of revenues appropriated to the Fund, each qualifying county or city shall receive a prorated share.C\n\nThe Commissioner may obtain from any county or city seeking funds under this section any information he needs to determine the amount of funds to which such county or city may be entitled.D\n\nFor the purposes of this section, the terms “marine patrol” and “marine patrol services” mean water-borne law-enforcement, safety, and rescue activities.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282694,"text":"The Marine Patrols Fund is continued and hereinafter referred to as the Fund, which shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 670 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1982, chapter 127; in 1986, chapter 153; in 1990, chapter 168; in 1992, chapter 836; in 2002, chapter 789<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190647,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78925,"identifier":"28.2-108","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/2\/28.2-108","url":"\/28.2-108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-108\/","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/2\/28.2-108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Marine Patrols Fund continued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Marine Patrols<\/span> Fund is continued and hereinafter referred to as the Fund, which shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly. The Comptroller shall annually distribute moneys from the Fund for the following purposes: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To cover the Commission<\/span>’s costs for its operation of a marine police dispatch service. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To reimburse each county or city in Tidewater Virginia<\/span> or any county abutting Smith Mountain Lake for its operation of a marine patrol or for providing marine patrol services<\/span> in waters under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commonwealth. The amount to be paid to each county or city shall be as specifically provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller, upon certification by the Commissioner<\/span>, shall make such payments no later than February 1. The total amount provided to any county or city shall not exceed twenty dollars per motorboat registered in the locality on January 1 of that year, as determined by the records of the Board of Wildlife Resources. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If total distributions allowable under subsection A of this section exceed the amount of revenues appropriated to the Fund, each qualifying county or city shall receive a prorated share. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may obtain from any county or city seeking funds under this section any information he needs to determine the amount of funds to which such county or city may be entitled. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, the terms “marine patrol” and “marine patrol services<\/span>” mean water-borne law<\/span>-enforcement, safety, and rescue activities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMARINE PATROLS FUND CONTINUED (\u00a7 28.2-108)\n\nA. The Marine Patrols Fund is continued and hereinafter referred to as the Fund,\nwhich shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly. The\nComptroller shall annually distribute moneys from the Fund for the following\npurposes:\n\n 1. To cover the Commission’s costs for its operation of a marine police\n dispatch service.\n\n 2. To reimburse each county or city in Tidewater Virginia or any county\n abutting Smith Mountain Lake for its operation of a marine patrol or for\n providing marine patrol services in waters under the jurisdiction of the\n Commonwealth. The amount to be paid to each county or city shall be as\n specifically provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller,\n upon certification by the Commissioner, shall make such payments no later than\n February 1. The total amount provided to any county or city shall not exceed\n twenty dollars per motorboat registered in the locality on January 1 of that\n year, as determined by the records of the Board of Wildlife Resources.\n\nB. If total distributions allowable under subsection A of this section exceed\nthe amount of revenues appropriated to the Fund, each qualifying county or city\nshall receive a prorated share.\n\nC. The Commissioner may obtain from any county or city seeking funds under this\nsection any information he needs to determine the amount of funds to which such\ncounty or city may be entitled.\n\nD. For the purposes of this section, the terms “marine patrol” and\n“marine patrol services” mean water-borne law-enforcement, safety,\nand rescue activities.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 670, \u00a7 28.1-46.4; 1982, c. 127; 1986, c. 153; 1990, c. 168;\n1992, c. 836; 2002, c. 789; 2020, c. 958.","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}}