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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72361</law_id><section_number>24.2-948.9</section_number><catch_line>(Effective July 1, 2026) Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-948.7</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.3">Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Candidates and Their Campaign Committees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Prohibited Personal Use Enforcement Fund, referred to in this section as &#x201C;the Fund.&#x201D; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All civil penalties levied pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Violations of the ban on personal use of campaign funds; complaint; notice; hearing; civil penalties" href="/24.2-948.7/">24.2-948.7</a> shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. 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. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of administering the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Use of campaign funds" href="/24.2-948.6/">24.2-948.6</a>, <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Violations of the ban on personal use of campaign funds; complaint; notice; hearing; civil penalties" href="/24.2-948.7/">24.2-948.7</a>, and <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Advisory opinions" href="/24.2-948.8/">24.2-948.8</a>. 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 Commissioner of <span class="dictionary">Elections</span>.</p></section></text><history>2025, cc. 535, 537.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
