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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58651</law_id><section_number>18.2-251.02</section_number><catch_line>Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-1105.1</reference><reference>4.1-1121</reference><reference>46.2-341.20:7</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Drugs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby established in the state treasury the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund, which shall consist of moneys received from fees imposed on certain drug <span class="dictionary">offense</span> <span class="dictionary">convictions</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fees charged to drug offenders" href="/16.1-69.48_3/">16.1-69.48:3</a> and subdivisions A 10 and 11 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally" href="/17.1-275/">17.1-275</a>. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. Any moneys not appropriated by the General Assembly shall remain in the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year. All moneys in the Fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly to the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Commission on VASAP to implement and operate the offender substance abuse screening and assessment program; the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the support of community-based <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and local <span class="dictionary">pretrial services</span> agencies; and the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia for the support of recovery <span class="dictionary">court</span> programs.</p></section></text><history>1998, cc. 783, 840; 2003, c. 606; 2004, c. 1004; 2020, cc. 1285, 1286; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551; 2024, cc. 25, 130.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
