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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84646</law_id><section_number>46.2-206</section_number><catch_line>Disposition of fees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-349.1</reference><reference>33.2-219</reference><reference>46.2-686</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Department of Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Powers and Duties of Department, Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as otherwise provided in this title, all fees and moneys collected pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 16 through 26 of this title shall be paid into the state treasury, and warrants for the expenditure of funds necessary for the proper enforcement of this title shall be issued by the Comptroller on certificates of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his representatives, designated by him and bonded, that the parties are entitled thereto, and shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of such funds, not exceeding the amount appropriated in the general appropriation bill.
		These funds, except as is otherwise provided in this section, shall constitute special funds within the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to be expended (i) under the direction of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">Highways</span></span> for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and bridges in the primary state <span class="dictionary">highway</span> system, interstate system, and secondary state <span class="dictionary">highway</span> system and (ii) as authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> for the expenses incident to the maintenance of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, including its customer service centers, and for other expenses incurred in the enforcement of this title. Any funds available for construction or reconstruction under the provisions of this section shall be, as nearly as possible, equitably apportioned by the Commonwealth Transportation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> among the several construction districts. Beginning July 1, 1998, any balances remaining in these funds at the end of the fiscal year shall be available for use in subsequent years for the purposes set forth in this section, and any interest income on such funds shall accrue to the respective individual special funds.
		There may be paid out of these funds such sums as may be provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for (i) contributions toward the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of streets in cities or towns and (ii) the operation and maintenance of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Rail and Public Transportation, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Aviation, the Virginia Port Authority, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of State Police, and the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Motor Vehicles</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-179; 1958, cc. 541, 626, &#xA7; 46.1-167; 1983, c. 566; 1987, c. 696; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 423.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
