                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVID-19 RELIEF FUND (§ 2.2-115.1)

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be
known as the COVID-19 Relief Fund, referred to in this section as &#8220;the
Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All
funds appropriated to the Fund and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and
other funds received on its behalf 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 by the Governor
solely for the purposes of responding to the Commonwealth&#8217;s needs related
to the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. 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 Governor or his
designee.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1217, 1277.