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CHAPTER 970 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-1509.2, relating to Budget Bill; repayment of funds diverted from Transportation Trust Fund and Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. [H 1600] Approved April 2, 2003

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1509.2 as follows:

§ 2.2-1509.2. Budget Bill to include amounts diverted from Transportation Trust Fund and Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.

If any money in the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund or the Transportation Trust Fund established pursuant to § 33.1-23.03:1 is proposed to be used for any purpose other than administering, planning, constructing, improving, and maintaining the roads embraced in the systems of highways for the Commonwealth and its localities and/or furthering the interests of the Commonwealth in the areas of public transportation, railways, seaports, and/or airports, then the Governor, if such diversion is proposed by the Governor, shall include with any such proposal a plan for repayment of funds diverted within three years of such use in "The Budget Bill" submitted pursuant to § 2.2-1509.

If such diversion of funds from the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund or the Transportation Trust Fund is proposed by the General Assembly as an amendment to the Budget Bill, such amendment shall include language setting out the plan for repayment of such funds within three years.