WELCOME TO THE VIRGINIA STATE NON-ARBITRAGE PROGRAM.
Background
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 placed arbitrage restrictions and reporting requirements on issuers of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Certain local governments, agencies, institutions and authorities of the Commonwealth of Virginia have issued bonds and plan to issue bonds in the future that are required to comply with these requirements.
Sections 2.2-4700 through 2.2-4705 of the Code of Virginia, the Government Non-Arbitrage Investment Act, authorizes the Virginia Treasury Board to provide assistance to the Commonwealth of Virginia, counties, cities, and towns in the Commonwealth, and to their agencies, institutions and authorities of any combination of the foregoing (“Virginia governments”) in the management of and accounting for their bond funds, including, without limitation, bond proceeds, reserves, and sinking funds, and the investment thereof.
Virginia SNAP®
Following the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a group of local finance officials working together with the Virginia Department of the Treasury introduced legislation authorizing the Treasury Board of Virginia to implement the State Non-Arbitrage Program® (SNAP).
Since 1989, the Treasury Board has sponsored the SNAP Program to provide comprehensive investment management, accounting and arbitrage rebate calculation service for proceeds of tax-exempt financing of Virginia issuers through the hiring of a program/investment manager, rebate calculation agent, central depository and legal counsel. The Commonwealth of Virginia was awarded the prestigious Award for Excellence by the Government Finance Officers Association for innovations in the debt management area.
Participation, initially limited to general-obligation bonds issued by Virginia's localities, has been expanded to allow for the participation of the Commonwealth of Virginia itself as well as its boards and authorities and those of local governments. Today, the Program accepts proceeds of G.O. and revenue bonds issued by entities ranging from the state to water and sewage authorities.
For More Information
To find out more about how the SNAP Program can meet your needs, please call Nelson Bush at 1-800-570-SNAP (1-800-570-7627) or one of the other Program Representatives. |