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2000 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 10.1-611.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 10.1-611.1. Soil and Water Conservation District Dam Maintenance, Repair, and
Rehabilitation Fund established; Department to manage; Board to expend moneys;
regulations.
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to
be known as the Soil and Water Conservation District Dam Maintenance and Small
, Repair, and Rehabilitation Fund, hereafter referred to as "the
Fund." The Fund shall be comprised of moneys appropriated to the Fund by the
General Assembly and any other moneys designated for deposit to the Fund from
any source, public or private. The Fund shall be established on the books of
the Comptroller and the moneys 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 (i) the maintenance and repair of any dams owned by soil and water
conservation districts and (ii) the rehabilitation and major repair of Class I
and Class II dams owned by soil and water conservation districts, in order to bring
such dams into compliance with regulations promulgated pursuant to Article 2 (§
10.1-604 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title. Expenditures from the Fund made under
clause (ii) of this subsection may include, but are not limited to, the following
repairs to the infrastructure of a dam: increasing the height of a dam,
modifying the spillway, and reducing wave erosion of a dam's inside face.
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 the
Department of Conservation and Recreation.
B. The Fund shall be administered and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, subject to the right of the Board, following consultation with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, to direct the distribution of moneys in the Fund to particular soil and water conservation districts.
C. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations for the proper administration of the Fund. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to, the type and amount of financial assistance, the terms and conditions of the assistance, and project eligibility criteria.