                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 MINERALS RECLAMATION FUND (§ 45.2-1234)

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be
known as the Minerals Reclamation Fund. The Fund shall be established on the
books of the Comptroller. All payments made by operators in accordance with the
provisions of this article shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to
the Fund. 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 reclamation of mining
operations pursuant to § 45.2-1238. 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.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 634, § 45.1-197.8; 2017, c. 4; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.