                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMERGENCY SHELTERS UPGRADE ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND (§ 44-146.29:3)

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be
known as the Emergency Shelters Upgrade Assistance Grant 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 for such purpose 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 solely for the purposes of providing matching funds to localities
or entities previously outlined in a local shelter plan to install, maintain, or
repair infrastructure for backup energy generation for emergency shelters,
including solar energy generators, and improve the hazard-specific structural
integrity of shelter facilities owned by the locality or identified in the
shelter plan of the locality. 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 Director of Emergency Management or, if
designated, the State Coordinator of Emergency Management.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 819; 2022, c. 337.