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In establishing the annual current expense budget, the Commission shall balance total expenses against the Commission&#8217;s estimate of revenues from all sources, either previously appropriated by a signatory state or receivable from any person or governmental agency by contract or grant with that person or governmental agency. The chairman of the Commission shall certify to the respective signatories, and submit to persons in other governmental agencies, statements of the amounts requested from them in accordance with existing cost-sharing established by this Agreement or by the parties. The chairman of the Commission shall transmit certified copies of such budgets to the principal budget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and in such manner as may be required under their respective budgetary procedures.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1334155,"text":"The Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall include the Commission&#8217;s estimated expenses for administration and operation. In establishing the annual current expense budget, the Commission shall balance total expenses against the Commission&#8217;s estimate of revenues from all sources, either previously appropriated by a signatory state or receivable from any person or governmental agency by contract or grant with that person or governmental agency. The chairman of the Commission shall certify to the respective signatories, and submit to persons in other governmental agencies, statements of the amounts requested from them in accordance with existing cost-sharing established by this Agreement or by the parties. The chairman of the Commission shall transmit certified copies of such budgets to the principal budget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and in such manner as may be required under their respective budgetary procedures.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":51292,"edition_id":2,"name":"Chesapeake Bay Commission","identifier":"36","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":41,"parent_id":51255,"metadata":{"child_laws":16,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:40:21","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:32:09","permalink":{"id":1427219,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51292,"identifier":"36","token":"30\/36","url":"\/30\/36\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51255,"edition_id":2,"name":"General Assembly","identifier":"30","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":73,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":476,"child_structures":87},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:39:52","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:55","permalink":{"id":1426021,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51255,"identifier":"30","token":"30","url":"\/30\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":358630,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-240","catch_line":"Chesapeake Bay Commission created","url":"\/30-240\/","token":"30\/36\/30-240","metadata":false},{"id":358631,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-241","catch_line":"Members","url":"\/30-241\/","token":"30\/36\/30-241","metadata":false},{"id":358632,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-242","catch_line":"Terms","url":"\/30-242\/","token":"30\/36\/30-242","metadata":false},{"id":358633,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-243","catch_line":"Compensation and expenses; generally","url":"\/30-243\/","token":"30\/36\/30-243","metadata":false},{"id":358634,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-244","catch_line":"Compensation and expenses; Virginia delegation","url":"\/30-244\/","token":"30\/36\/30-244","metadata":false},{"id":358635,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-245","catch_line":"Meetings and voting","url":"\/30-245\/","token":"30\/36\/30-245","metadata":false},{"id":358636,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-246","catch_line":"Organization, internal procedures and delegation of powers; officers and employees as state employees","url":"\/30-246\/","token":"30\/36\/30-246","metadata":false},{"id":358637,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-247","catch_line":"Purposes","url":"\/30-247\/","token":"30\/36\/30-247","metadata":false},{"id":358638,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-248","catch_line":"Powers","url":"\/30-248\/","token":"30\/36\/30-248","metadata":false},{"id":358639,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-249","catch_line":"Duties","url":"\/30-249\/","token":"30\/36\/30-249","metadata":false},{"id":358640,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-250","catch_line":"Annual budget","url":"\/30-250\/","token":"30\/36\/30-250","metadata":false},{"id":358641,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-251","catch_line":"Apportionment of cost","url":"\/30-251\/","token":"30\/36\/30-251","metadata":false},{"id":358642,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-252","catch_line":"Modification","url":"\/30-252\/","token":"30\/36\/30-252","metadata":false},{"id":358643,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-253","catch_line":"Term","url":"\/30-253\/","token":"30\/36\/30-253","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":358644,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-254","catch_line":"Dissolution","url":"\/30-254\/","token":"30\/36\/30-254","metadata":false},{"id":358645,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-255","catch_line":"Governor to execute agreement","url":"\/30-255\/","token":"30\/36\/30-255","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":358639,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-249","catch_line":"Duties","url":"\/30-249\/","token":"30\/36\/30-249","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":358641,"structure_id":51292,"section_number":"30-251","catch_line":"Apportionment of cost","url":"\/30-251\/","token":"30\/36\/30-251","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/30-250\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 662 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP1000\">1000<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427261,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358640,"identifier":"30-250","token":"30\/36\/30-250","url":"\/30-250\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-250\/","token":"30\/36\/30-250","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual budget","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-250","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall include the Commission&#8217;s estimated expenses for administration and operation. In establishing the annual current expense budget, the Commission shall balance total expenses against the Commission&#8217;s estimate of revenues from all sources, either previously appropriated by a signatory state or receivable from any person or governmental agency by <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> or grant with that person or governmental agency. The chairman of the Commission shall certify to the respective signatories, and submit to persons in other governmental agencies, statements of the amounts requested from them in accordance with existing cost-sharing established by this Agreement or by the parties. The chairman of the Commission shall transmit certified copies of such budgets to the principal budget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and in such manner as may be required under their respective budgetary procedures.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL BUDGET (\u00a7 30-250)\n\nThe Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall include the\nCommission&#8217;s estimated expenses for administration and operation. In\nestablishing the annual current expense budget, the Commission shall balance\ntotal expenses against the Commission&#8217;s estimate of revenues from all\nsources, either previously appropriated by a signatory state or receivable from\nany person or governmental agency by contract or grant with that person or\ngovernmental agency. The chairman of the Commission shall certify to the\nrespective signatories, and submit to persons in other governmental agencies,\nstatements of the amounts requested from them in accordance with existing\ncost-sharing established by this Agreement or by the parties. The chairman of\nthe Commission shall transmit certified copies of such budgets to the principal\nbudget officer of the respective signatory parties at such time and in such\nmanner as may be required under their respective budgetary procedures.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 662, \u00a7 62.1-69.14; 2004, c. 1000.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}