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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 set forth in this article. 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 Director.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":225016,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund, referred to in this article as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All payments made into the Fund in accordance with the provisions of this article 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 set forth in this article. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 334 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81373,"section_number":"45.2-1033","catch_line":" Operator may perform reclamation; bidding; conditions; adjustment of required bonds; regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1033\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":223885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61635,"identifier":"45.2-1043","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/5\/45.2-1043","url":"\/45.2-1043\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1043\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/10\/5\/45.2-1043","dublin_core":{"Title":" Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1043","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund, referred to in this article as &#8220;the Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All payments made into the Fund in accordance with the provisions of this article 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 set forth in this article. 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Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this\narticle. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State\nTreasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by\nthe Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 334, \u00a7 45.1-270.1; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}