{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/5.1-51.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/5.1-51.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/5.1-51.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/5.1-51.html"}],"law_id":75302,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75302,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-51","catch_line":"Special fund accumulated from taxes, fees, etc","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 5-42; 1966, c. 576; 1970, c. 717; 1974, c. 388; 1979, c. 272; 1997, c. 423; 1998, c. 480.","full_text":"All funds accumulated from any special sales tax, excise tax or use tax, now or which may hereafter be imposed under the laws of this Commonwealth on aviation motor fuel purchased or used in this Commonwealth in the propulsion of aircraft, and all funds heretofore or hereafter accumulated from any fees for licensing or registering of airmen, aircraft and airports, now or hereafter imposed under the laws of this Commonwealth, and all funds heretofore, and which may hereafter be, appropriated to the Department for the purpose of the promotion and development of aviation and airports, including the expense of the administration by the Department of the laws pertaining to aviation, as now or as may be hereafter enacted, and the jurisdiction for the administration thereof conferred on the Department, are hereby constituted a special fund within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund for the administration of the aviation laws, heretofore or hereafter enacted, insofar as the administration has been, or shall be, imposed upon the Department, for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports and landing fields and for the promotion of aviation in the interest of operators and in the interest of the public. However, of the moneys expended for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports at least thirty-five percent thereof computed over a period of three years shall be expended on carrier and reliever airports. Beginning July 1, 1998, any balances remaining in this fund at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such fund shall accrue to the fund.\n\t\tIn considering or evaluating the application for or award of any grant of moneys under this section, the Board shall take into account the capacities of all airports within the affected geographic region.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270365,"text":"All funds accumulated from any special sales tax, excise tax or use tax, now or which may hereafter be imposed under the laws of this Commonwealth on aviation motor fuel purchased or used in this Commonwealth in the propulsion of aircraft, and all funds heretofore or hereafter accumulated from any fees for licensing or registering of airmen, aircraft and airports, now or hereafter imposed under the laws of this Commonwealth, and all funds heretofore, and which may hereafter be, appropriated to the Department for the purpose of the promotion and development of aviation and airports, including the expense of the administration by the Department of the laws pertaining to aviation, as now or as may be hereafter enacted, and the jurisdiction for the administration thereof conferred on the Department, are hereby constituted a special fund within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund for the administration of the aviation laws, heretofore or hereafter enacted, insofar as the administration has been, or shall be, imposed upon the Department, for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports and landing fields and for the promotion of aviation in the interest of operators and in the interest of the public. However, of the moneys expended for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports at least thirty-five percent thereof computed over a period of three years shall be expended on carrier and reliever airports. Beginning July 1, 1998, any balances remaining in this fund at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such fund shall accrue to the fund.\n\t\tIn considering or evaluating the application for or award of any grant of moneys under this section, the Board shall take into account the capacities of all airports within the affected geographic region.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16020,"edition_id":1,"name":"Special Fund for Administration of Aviation Laws","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13105,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:04:06","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:04:06","permalink":{"id":233881,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16020,"identifier":"5","token":"5.1\/5","url":"\/5.1\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13105,"edition_id":1,"name":"Aviation","identifier":"5.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":233299,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13105,"identifier":"5.1","token":"5.1","url":"\/5.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75302,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-51","catch_line":"Special fund accumulated from taxes, fees, etc","url":"\/5.1-51\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-51","metadata":false},{"id":67831,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-52","catch_line":"Expenditure for planning, construction and maintenance of airports and landing fields","url":"\/5.1-52\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-52","metadata":false},{"id":67863,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-53","catch_line":"Segregation and expenditure of amounts derived from taxes on motor fuel","url":"\/5.1-53\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-53","metadata":false},{"id":63461,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-54","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/5.1-54\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-54","metadata":false},{"id":62739,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-55","catch_line":"Recurring expenditures on airports and landing fields","url":"\/5.1-55\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-55","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":67831,"structure_id":16020,"section_number":"5.1-52","catch_line":"Expenditure for planning, construction and maintenance of airports and landing fields","url":"\/5.1-52\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-52","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/5.1-51\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1966, chapter 576; in 1970, chapter 717; in 1974, chapter 388; in 1979, chapter 272; in 1997, chapter 423<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 480<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69382,"section_number":"5.1-1.6","catch_line":"Further powers and duties of Department; State Corporation Commission to administer Chapter 9","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-1.6\/"},{"id":67863,"section_number":"5.1-53","catch_line":"Segregation and expenditure of amounts derived from taxes on motor fuel","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-53\/"},{"id":85039,"section_number":"5.1-9","catch_line":"Disposition of fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-9\/"},{"id":64771,"section_number":"58.1-1509","catch_line":"Disposition of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1509\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":233883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75302,"identifier":"5.1-51","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-51","url":"\/5.1-51\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-51\/","token":"5.1\/5\/5.1-51","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special fund accumulated from taxes, fees, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-51","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All funds accumulated from any special sales tax, excise tax or use tax, now or which may hereafter be imposed under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth on aviation motor fuel purchased or used in this Commonwealth in the propulsion of aircraft<\/span>, and all funds heretofore or hereafter accumulated from any fees for licensing or registering of airmen, aircraft<\/span> and airports<\/span>, now or hereafter imposed under the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, and all funds heretofore, and which may hereafter be, appropriated to the Department<\/span> for the purpose of the promotion and development of aviation and airports<\/span>, including the expense of the administration by the Department<\/span> of the laws<\/span> pertaining to aviation, as now or as may be hereafter enacted, and the jurisdiction<\/span> for the administration thereof conferred on the Department<\/span>, are hereby constituted a special fund within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund for the administration of the aviation laws<\/span>, heretofore or hereafter enacted, insofar as the administration has been, or shall be, imposed upon the Department<\/span>, for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports<\/span> and landing fields<\/span> and for the promotion of aviation in the interest of operators and in the interest of the public. However, of the moneys expended for the construction, maintenance and improvement of airports<\/span> at least thirty-five percent thereof computed over a period of three years shall be expended on carrier and reliever airports<\/span>. Beginning July 1, 1998, any balances remaining in this fund at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such fund shall accrue to the fund.\n\t\tIn considering or evaluating the application for or award of any grant of moneys under this section, the Board<\/span> shall take into account the capacities of all airports<\/span> within the affected geographic region.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL FUND ACCUMULATED FROM TAXES, FEES, ETC (\u00a7 5.1-51)\n\nAll funds accumulated from any special sales tax, excise tax or use tax, now or\nwhich may hereafter be imposed under the laws of this Commonwealth on aviation\nmotor fuel purchased or used in this Commonwealth in the propulsion of aircraft,\nand all funds heretofore or hereafter accumulated from any fees for licensing or\nregistering of airmen, aircraft and airports, now or hereafter imposed under the\nlaws of this Commonwealth, and all funds heretofore, and which may hereafter be,\nappropriated to the Department for the purpose of the promotion and development\nof aviation and airports, including the expense of the administration by the\nDepartment of the laws pertaining to aviation, as now or as may be hereafter\nenacted, and the jurisdiction for the administration thereof conferred on the\nDepartment, are hereby constituted a special fund within the Commonwealth\nTransportation Fund for the administration of the aviation laws, heretofore or\nhereafter enacted, insofar as the administration has been, or shall be, imposed\nupon the Department, for the construction, maintenance and improvement of\nairports and landing fields and for the promotion of aviation in the interest of\noperators and in the interest of the public. However, of the moneys expended for\nthe construction, maintenance and improvement of airports at least thirty-five\npercent thereof computed over a period of three years shall be expended on\ncarrier and reliever airports. Beginning July 1, 1998, any balances remaining in\nthis fund at the end of the year shall be available for use in subsequent years\nfor the purposes set forth in this chapter, and any interest income on such fund\nshall accrue to the fund.\n\t\tIn considering or evaluating the application for or award of any grant of\nmoneys under this section, the Board shall take into account the capacities of\nall airports within the affected geographic region.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 5-42; 1966, c. 576; 1970, c. 717; 1974, c. 388; 1979, c.\n272; 1997, c. 423; 1998, c. 480.","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}}