                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MULTIPLE OFFENDERS; PAYMENT TO TRAUMA CENTER FUND (§ 18.2-270.01)

A. The court shall order any person convicted of a violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;
18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1 or &#xA7; 46.2-341.24 who has been
convicted previously of one or more violations of any of those sections or any
ordinance, any law of another state, or any law of the United States
substantially similar to the provisions of those sections within 10 years of the
date of the current offense to pay $50 to the Trauma Center Fund for the purpose
of defraying the costs of providing emergency medical care to victims of
automobile accidents attributable to alcohol or drug use.

B. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund
to be known as the Trauma Center Fund. The Fund shall consist of any moneys paid
into it by virtue of operation of subsection A hereof and any moneys
appropriated thereto by the General Assembly and designated for the Fund. Any
moneys deposited to or remaining in the Fund during or at the end of each fiscal
year or biennium, including interest thereon, shall not revert to the general
fund but shall remain in the Fund and be available for allocation in ensuing
fiscal years. The Department of Health shall award and administer grants from
the Trauma Center Fund to appropriate trauma centers based on the cost to
provide emergency medical care to victims of automobile accidents. The
Department of Health shall develop, on or before October 1, 2004, written
criteria for the awarding of such grants that shall be evaluated and, if
necessary, revised on an annual basis.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 999.