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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84331</law_id><section_number>59.1-92.20</section_number><catch_line>Fees to cover expense of regulation</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="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6.1">Registration and Protection of Trademarks and Service Marks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The fees paid into the state treasury under this chapter, except for fees and funds collected for the Literary Fund, shall be deposited into a special fund and specifically accounted for and used by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to defray the costs of supervising, implementing, and administering the provisions of this chapter, Chapters 5 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-501/">13.1-501</a> et seq.) and 8 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-557/">13.1-557</a> et seq.) of Title 13.1, and Chapter 7 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="&quot;Person&quot; defined" href="/59.1-93/">59.1-93</a> et seq.) of this title. Included in the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s costs shall be a reasonable margin in the nature of a reserve fund. All excesses of fees collected exceeding these costs shall revert to the general fund.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 819.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
