46.2-1207 - Certification of disposal; reimbursement of locality by Commissioner. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1207. Certification of disposal; reimbursement of locality byCommissioner.

On certification by a locality on forms provided by the Department that aninoperable abandoned motor vehicle left on property within the locality hasbeen disposed of as provided in § 46.2-1205 or that an inoperable motorvehicle has been removed from the vehicle owner's property and disposed of bythe locality or its authorized agent, the Commissioner shall reimburse thelocality fifty dollars for each such motor vehicle disposed of at the expenseof the locality. These reimbursements shall be made from appropriations madein the general appropriations act. In the event the appropriation isinsufficient to satisfy requests for reimbursement, payments shall be made inchronological order on the basis of the date on which the requests werereceived. No payments, however, shall be made for requests received on anydate until adequate funds are available to pay all requests received on thatdate. The Commissioner may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out theprovisions of this section. These regulations shall include the requirementof the identification number or motor number of the vehicle for whichreimbursement is applied, or an acceptable reason why that number is notfurnished.

No reimbursement shall be made to any locality for vehicles which it acquiresfrom sources outside its jurisdiction nor for vehicles it receives fromdealers engaged in the business of dismantling used automobiles.

(1974, c. 454, § 46.1-555.9; 1976, c. 196; 1986, cc. 10, 553; 1989, c. 727;1990, c. 207; 2006, c. 603.)