28.2-108 - Marine Patrols Fund continued. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-108. Marine Patrols Fund continued.

A. The Marine Patrols Fund is continued and hereinafter referred to as theFund, which shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the GeneralAssembly. The Comptroller shall annually distribute moneys from the Fund forthe following purposes:

1. To cover the Commission's costs for its operation of a marine policedispatch service.

2. To reimburse each county or city in Tidewater Virginia or any countyabutting Smith Mountain Lake for its operation of a marine patrol or forproviding marine patrol services in waters under the jurisdiction of theCommonwealth. The amount to be paid to each county or city shall be asspecifically provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The Comptroller,upon certification by the Commissioner, shall make such payments no laterthan February 1. The total amount provided to any county or city shall notexceed twenty dollars per motorboat registered in the locality on January 1of that year, as determined by the records of the Board of Game and InlandFisheries.

B. If total distributions allowable under subsection A of this section exceedthe amount of revenues appropriated to the Fund, each qualifying county orcity shall receive a prorated share.

C. The Commissioner may obtain from any county or city seeking funds underthis section any information he needs to determine the amount of funds towhich such county or city may be entitled.

D. For the purposes of this section, the terms "marine patrol" and "marinepatrol services" mean water-borne law-enforcement, safety, and rescueactivities.

(1979, c. 670, § 28.1-46.4; 1982, c. 127; 1986, c. 153; 1990, c. 168; 1992,c. 836; 2002, c. 789.)