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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85275</law_id><section_number>58.1-3245.10</section_number><catch_line>Use of funds deposited in the Local Enterprise Zone Development Fund</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3245.8</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="32">Real Property Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4.2">Local Enterprise Zone Development Taxation Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any county, city, or town which adopts a <span class="dictionary">local enterprise zone</span> development taxation program may use funds in the <span class="dictionary">Local Enterprise Zone</span> Development Fund for any one or more of the following purposes: <a id="paragraph-305576" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3245.10/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To provide enhanced <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement and other governmental services, including financing transportation projects, as may be appropriate to secure and promote private investment in the <span class="dictionary">local enterprise zone</span>; <a id="paragraph-305577" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3245.10/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To make grants to <span class="dictionary">chambers</span> of commerce and similar organizations within such county, city, or town in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secure and promote economic development within the <span class="dictionary">local enterprise zone</span>; or <a id="paragraph-305578" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3245.10/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To make grants to any industrial development authority created by the governing body pursuant to Chapter 49 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/15.2-4900/">15.2-4900</a> et seq.) of Title 15.2, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secure and promote economic development within the <span class="dictionary">local enterprise zone</span>. <a id="paragraph-305579" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3245.10/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any revenues in the <span class="dictionary">Local Enterprise Zone</span> Development Fund which are not used for a purpose authorized by subsection A shall be deemed &#x201C;surplus funds.&#x201D; At the end of the tax year, all surplus funds may be paid into the general fund of the county, city, or town in which the <span class="dictionary">local enterprise zone</span> is located. <a id="paragraph-305580" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3245.10/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 314.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
