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Drug Law in Virginia 18.2-251.02
Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.
There is hereby established in the state treasury the Drug Offender
Assessment and Treatment Fund which shall consist of moneys received from
fees imposed on certain drug offense convictions pursuant to subdivisions A
10 and A 11 of § 17.1-275 and § 16.1-69.48:3. All interest derived from the
deposit and investment of moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
Any moneys not appropriated by the General Assembly shall remain in the
Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund and shall not be transferred or
revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year. All moneys in the Fund
shall be subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly to the
Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the
Commission on VASAP to implement and operate the offender substance
abuse screening and assessment program; the Department of Criminal
Justice Services for the support of community-based probation and local
pretrial services agencies; and the Office of the Executive Secretary of the
Supreme Court of Virginia for the support of drug treatment court programs.
(1998, cc. 783, 840; 2003, c. 606; 2004, c. 1004.)