                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 MINE RESCUE FUND (§ 45.2-1141)

A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to
be known as the Mine Rescue Fund, referred to in this section as &#8220;the
Fund.&#8221; The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All
moneys collected from licensed operators pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7;
45.2-1140 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.

B. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of administering the
state-designated mine rescue team program. 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.

C. On July 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as sufficient moneys are in the
Fund, 10 percent of the moneys in the Fund shall be transferred from the Fund to
the Department for purposes of administering the state-designated mine rescue
team program. On an annual basis, funds in excess of the sum that is transferred
for administrative purposes shall be divided equally among all state-designated
mine rescue teams.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:47; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
387.