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2009 SESSION
097837712Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 67-301 as follows:
§ 67-301. Royalties from offshore natural gas and oil resources.
Any revenues and royalties paid to the Commonwealth as a result of offshore natural gas and oil drilling shall be deposited and used for the following purposes:
1. [ Forty Thirty-five ] percent
of such revenues and royalties shall be appropriated to the Transportation
Trust Fund established pursuant to § 33.1-23.03:1;
2. [ Forty Thirty-five ] percent
of such revenues and royalties shall be appropriated exclusively for the
purpose of funding the implementation of the plan, developed by the Secretary
of Natural Resources pursuant to § 62.1-44.117, for the cleanup of the
Chesapeake Bay and other waters in the Commonwealth designated as impaired by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
3. [ Ten Five ] percent of such
revenues and royalties shall be appropriated to the Renewable Electricity
Production Grant Fund established pursuant to § 67-902 or other energy
efficiency incentives as may be provided in the general appropriation act; and
4. Ten percent of such revenues and royalties shall be appropriated to the Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium established pursuant to § 67-600 or other energy research initiatives at state institutions of higher education as may be provided in the general appropriation act.
[ 5. Five percent of such revenues and royalties shall be appropriated to the Biofuels Production Fund established pursuant to § 45.1-393.]
[ 6. Ten percent of such resources and royalties shall be appropriated to the Home Energy Assistance Fund established pursuant to § 63.2-805. ]