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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77658</law_id><section_number>3.2-1206</section_number><catch_line>Apple Fund established</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-1100</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Commodity Boards</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="12">Apple Board</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Apple Fund, hereafter referred to as &#x201C;the Fund.&#x201D; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this chapter 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 administration and enforcement of this chapter, including the payment for personal services and expenses of agents of the Apple <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and the payment of rent, services, <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, and supplies necessary to effectuate the purposes and <span class="dictionary">objects</span> of this chapter, or as specifically provided in any <span class="dictionary">referendum</span> ratified pursuant to this chapter. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the Apple <span class="dictionary">Board</span> on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by a duly authorized officer of the Apple <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit all the accounts of the Apple <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as provided for in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Duties and powers generally" href="/30-133/">30-133</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-512.16, 3-512.17; 1958, c. 149; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-626, 3.1-627; 1999, c. 793; 2004, c. 214; 2005, cc. 864, 875; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
