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An amount equal to the average interest rate earned for all funds in the state treasury as applied to the Minerals Reclamation Fund created pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1234 shall be paid annually into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of the reclamation of orphaned lands pursuant to this article. 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. 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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. 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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 634 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 1978 \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 1984, chapter 590; in 2017, chapter 4<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66635,"section_number":"45.2-1234","catch_line":" Minerals Reclamation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75150,"identifier":"45.2-1228","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1228","url":"\/45.2-1228\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1228\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/3\/45.2-1228","dublin_core":{"Title":" Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1228","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 Orphaned Lands<\/span> Reclamation<\/span> Fund, referred to in this section as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. An amount equal to the average interest rate earned for all funds in the state treasury as applied to the Minerals<\/span> Reclamation<\/span> Fund created pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1234<\/a> shall be paid annually into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of the reclamation<\/span> of orphaned lands<\/span> pursuant to this article. 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. 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<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n ORPHANED LANDS RECLAMATION FUND (\u00a7 45.2-1228)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Orphaned Lands Reclamation Fund, referred to in this section as\n“the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the\nComptroller. An amount equal to the average interest rate earned for all funds\nin the state treasury as applied to the Minerals Reclamation Fund created\npursuant to \u00a7 45.2-1234 shall be paid annually into the state treasury and\ncredited to the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of\nthe reclamation of orphaned lands pursuant to this article. Interest earned on\nmoneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys\nremaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal\nyear shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund.\nExpenditures 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: 1978, c. 634, \u00a7 45.1-197.18; 1984, c. 590; 2017, c. 4; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, 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}}