Fondo de Limpieza de Metanfetaminas en Virginia

Explicación Simple

En Virginia, hay un fondo especial que se usa para limpiar lugares donde se fabricó metanfetamina. Cuando alguien es condenado por hacer metanfetamina, parte de su dinero va a este fondo para ayudar a limpiar el daño causado.

Es como cuando un niño rompe un juguete y sus padres le piden que pague para repararlo. El dinero que paga ayuda a volver a dejar el juguete como nuevo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue arrestado y condenado por fabricar metanfetamina en una casa. Como parte de su castigo, debe pagar una multa que se destina al Fondo de Limpieza. Ese dinero se usará para limpiar la casa y asegurarse de que sea segura para que alguien más viva allí.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-248.04 - Methamphetamine Cleanup Fund established. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Methamphetamine Cleanup Fund, hereafter referred to as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All moneys assessed against a person convicted of manufacture of methamphetamine as methamphetamine cleanup funds pursuant to subsection C1 of § 18.2-248 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Fund. 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 restoration to an environmentally sound state sites used for the criminal manufacture of methamphetamine. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by any agency of the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agency, or locality with the responsibility for and engaged in a specific methamphetamine site cleanup. 2012, c. 219 .