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Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of establishing collaborative and cooperative projects with public and private sector partners to improve food access in Virginia. The Fund shall be used to provide funding for the construction, rehabilitation, equipment upgrades, or expansion of grocery stores, small food retailers, or innovative food retail projects in underserved communities. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 956<\/a> and 957<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1435843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360640,"identifier":"36-156.4","token":"36\/10.2\/36-156.4","url":"\/36-156.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-156.4\/","token":"36\/10.2\/36-156.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Food Access Investment Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-156.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund<\/span> to be known as the Virginia Food Access Investment Fund<\/span>. The Fund<\/span> shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds<\/span> appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds<\/span> received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund<\/span>. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall remain in the Fund<\/span> and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund<\/span>, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund<\/span> but shall remain in the Fund<\/span>. Moneys in the Fund<\/span> shall be used solely for the purposes of establishing collaborative and cooperative projects with public and private sector partners to improve food access in Virginia. The Fund<\/span> shall be used to provide funding<\/span> for the construction, rehabilitation, equipment upgrades, or expansion of grocery stores<\/span>, small food retailers, or innovative food retail projects<\/span> in underserved communities. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund<\/span> shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Commissioner of the Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA FOOD ACCESS INVESTMENT FUND (\u00a7 36-156.4)\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be\nknown as the Virginia Food Access Investment Fund. The Fund shall be established\non the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpose and any\ngifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall\nbe paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. Interest earned on\nmoneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys\nremaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal\nyear shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys\nin the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of establishing collaborative\nand cooperative projects with public and private sector partners to improve food\naccess in Virginia. The Fund shall be used to provide funding for the\nconstruction, rehabilitation, equipment upgrades, or expansion of grocery\nstores, small food retailers, or innovative food retail projects in underserved\ncommunities. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the\nState Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request\nsigned by the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer\nServices.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 956, 957.","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"}}