<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85668</law_id><section_number>15.2-5814</section_number><catch_line>Entitlement to sales tax revenues derived from a major league baseball stadium</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="58">Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In connection with the issuance of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> to finance or refinance a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">major league baseball</span> stadium</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> shall be entitled to all <span class="dictionary">sales tax revenues</span> that are generated by transactions taking place upon the premises of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">major league baseball</span> stadium</span>. Such entitlement shall continue for the lifetime of such <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, but that entitlement shall not exceed thirty years. <span class="dictionary">Sales tax revenues</span> may be applied to repayment of the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, stadium operating expenses, master lease rental payments by the Commonwealth, capital expenditures and other purposes of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>. The State Comptroller shall remit such <span class="dictionary">sales tax revenues</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> on a quarterly basis, subject to such reasonable processing delays as may be required by the Department of Taxation to calculate the actual net <span class="dictionary">sales tax revenues</span> generated by transactions taking place upon the premises of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">major league baseball</span> stadium</span>. The State Comptroller shall make such remittances to the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>, as provided herein, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/58.1-600/">58.1-600</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-306818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5814/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In connection with the issuance of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> to finance or refinance a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">major league baseball</span> stadium</span>, the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in which the stadium is located may direct, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution, that all local sales and use tax revenues generated by transactions taking place upon the premises of the major league stadium from taxes levied pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local sales taxes; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenue to each city or county entitled thereto" href="/58.1-605/">58.1-605</a> and <a class="law" title="To what extent and under what conditions cities and counties may levy local use tax; collection thereof by Commonwealth and return of revenues to the cities and counties" href="/58.1-606/">58.1-606</a> shall be remitted by the State Comptroller to the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> for the repayment of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, stadium operating expenses, master lease rental payments by the Commonwealth, capital expenditures and other purposes of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>. Such remittances shall be for the same period and under the same conditions as remittances to the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> paid in accordance with subsection A, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>. <a id="paragraph-306819" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5814/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In connection with the issuance of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> to finance or refinance a <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">major league baseball</span> stadium</span>, the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in which the stadium is located may direct, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution, that all admissions tax revenues of such <span class="dictionary">locality</span> generated by admissions to the major league stadium from taxes levied pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Admissions tax in counties" href="/58.1-3818/">58.1-3818</a> and <a class="law" title="Certain excise taxes permitted" href="/58.1-3840/">58.1-3840</a> shall be remitted to the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> for the repayment of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, stadium operating expenses, master lease rental payments by the Commonwealth, capital expenditures and other purposes of the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">levy</span> pursuant to this section may be for the lifetime of such <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, but such <span class="dictionary">levy</span> shall not exceed thirty years. <a id="paragraph-306820" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5814/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 613, 629, &#xA7; 15.1-227.84; 1996, cc. 950, 1038; 1997, cc. 587, 884; 2005, c. 106.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
