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To recover such sums the Coordinator shall provide documentation that the costs were incurred whether or not they were actually disbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":210450,"text":"Disbursements for costs and expenses, including, but not limited to equipment, material, hazardous materials emergency response operations and immediate accident or incident site cleanup costs and expenses in preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or incident, involving hazardous materials, shall be made from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund in accordance with the provisions of § 44-146.18:1.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":210451,"text":"The Coordinator shall promptly seek reimbursement from any party causing or contributing to an accident or incident involving hazardous materials for all sums disbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund for the protection, relief, and recovery from loss or damage caused by such party.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":210452,"text":"The Coordinator is also authorized to recover any sums expended by any other state agency or political subdivision for preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or incidents involving hazardous materials. 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222455,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57432,"identifier":"44-146.37","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.37","url":"\/44-146.37\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-146.37\/","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.37","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disbursements made from Virginia Disaster Response Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-146.37","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Disbursements for costs and expenses, including, but not limited to equipment, material<\/span>, hazardous materials<\/span> emergency response operations and immediate accident or incident site cleanup costs and expenses in preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or incident, involving hazardous materials<\/span>, shall be made from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund in accordance with the provisions of § 44-146.18:1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Coordinator shall promptly seek reimbursement from any party<\/span> causing or contributing to an accident or incident involving hazardous materials<\/span> for all sums disbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund for the protection, relief, and recovery from loss or damage caused by such party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Coordinator is also authorized to recover any sums expended by any other state agency or political subdivision for preventing or alleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or incidents involving hazardous materials<\/span>. To recover such sums the Coordinator shall provide documentation that the costs were incurred whether or not they were actually disbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISBURSEMENTS MADE FROM VIRGINIA DISASTER RESPONSE FUND (\u00a7 44-146.37)\n\nA. Disbursements for costs and expenses, including, but not limited to\nequipment, material, hazardous materials emergency response operations and\nimmediate accident or incident site cleanup costs and expenses in preventing or\nalleviating damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or\nincident, involving hazardous materials, shall be made from the Virginia\nDisaster Response Fund in accordance with the provisions of § 44-146.18:1.\n\nB. The Coordinator shall promptly seek reimbursement from any party causing or\ncontributing to an accident or incident involving hazardous materials for all\nsums disbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund for the protection,\nrelief, and recovery from loss or damage caused by such party.\n\nC. The Coordinator is also authorized to recover any sums expended by any other\nstate agency or political subdivision for preventing or alleviating damage,\nloss, hardship, or suffering caused by accidents or incidents involving\nhazardous materials. To recover such sums the Coordinator shall provide\ndocumentation that the costs were incurred whether or not they were actually\ndisbursed from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 492.","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}}