Title: Virginia DPB - Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the money come from?
General fund revenues
Nongeneral fund revenues
Where does the money go?
How is Virginia's budget adopted?
How much of the state's money goes back to localities?

Content: State transportation revenue comes from several sources including the motor vehicle fuels tax, the motor vehicle sales and use tax, road taxes, vehicle license fees, state sales tax, interest earnings, and other miscellaneous taxes and fees. Money in this fund is used to support highway construction and maintenance and operating costs. Federal, local, and toll revenues are also used to finance transportation programs. For the biennium, transportation revenues are anticipated to be $5.9 billion. Other nongeneral fund revenue sources include fees paid by citizens and businesses for licenses ($2,840.1 million), profits on sales of alcoholic beverages ($2,365.3 million), Unemployment Insurance Fund ($776.0), and earnings on state funds and rents ($451.2 million). Table showing 2020-2022 revenue estimates
Where does the money go? Virginia's state government budget is divided into an operating budget and a capital budget. The operating budget includes expenses to run the daily activities of government. The capital budget includes the one-time costs of building, improving, or repairing government facilities. The budget of the Commonwealth for the 2020-2022 biennium includes $134.2 billion for operating expenses and $3.3 billion in capital outlay.