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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56144</law_id><section_number>15.2-5946</section_number><catch_line>Entitlement to tax revenues derived from the operation of a Facility</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-5945</reference></referred_to_by><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="59.3">Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> 1. <span class="dictionary">The Authority</span> shall be entitled, subject to appropriation, to <span class="dictionary">sales and use tax revenues</span> defined in this chapter. Such entitlement shall include transactions that occur while a <span class="dictionary">Facility</span> is under construction. The State Comptroller shall remit such <span class="dictionary">sales and use tax revenues</span> to <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> on a quarterly basis, subject to such reasonable processing delays as may be required by the Department of Taxation. The State Comptroller shall make such remittances to <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span>, as provided herein, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Virginia Retail Sales and Use Tax Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/58.1-600/">58.1-600</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-205763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5946/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The revenues accruing to <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be used by <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> only to pay debt service, to distribute to any lessee of the <span class="dictionary">Facility</span> for the purpose of paying debt service, to meet contractual obligations entered into pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Public hearings; notice; reports" href="/15.2-5942/">15.2-5942</a>, or to remit to each <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span> its share of revenues from the <span class="dictionary">Facility</span>. <a id="paragraph-205764" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5946/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> may fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect rates, rents, fees, ticket surcharges, or other charges for a <span class="dictionary">Facility</span> developed under the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-205765" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5946/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">Facility</span> qualifies for entitlement to <span class="dictionary">sales and use tax revenues</span> pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Entitlement to tax revenues from tourism project" href="/58.1-3851.1/">58.1-3851.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Entitlement to tax revenues from tourism project of regional significance" href="/58.1-3851.2/">58.1-3851.2</a>, <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> shall remain eligible to receive <span class="dictionary">sales and use tax revenues</span> pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; however, the amount received pursuant to this chapter shall be reduced by the amount received pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Entitlement to tax revenues from tourism project" href="/58.1-3851.1/">58.1-3851.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Entitlement to tax revenues from tourism project of regional significance" href="/58.1-3851.2/">58.1-3851.2</a>. <a id="paragraph-205766" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5946/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The Tax Commissioner, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-1/">58.1-1</a>, shall report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Finance by July 1 of each year the amount of tax revenues accruing to <span class="dictionary">the Authority</span> pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-205767" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5946/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 538, 539.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
