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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68422</law_id><section_number>45.2-1007</section_number><catch_line> Coal Surface Mining Regulatory Fund</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="10">Virginia Coal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1979</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General and Administrative Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Coal Surface Mining Regulatory Fund, referred to in this section as &#x201C;the Fund.&#x201D; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All fees collected pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Form and contents of permit application; fee" href="/45.2-1010/">45.2-1010</a> or another provision 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 administering coal surface mining <span class="dictionary">state regulations</span>. 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 <span class="dictionary">Director</span>.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
