§ 113-81.2. Services under direction of Secretary; compensation; when services without charge.
§ 113‑81.2. Services under direction of Secretary; compensation; when services withoutcharge.
(a) The administration of the provisions of this Article shallbe under the direction of the Secretary. The Secretary, or his authorizedagent, upon receipt of a request from a forest landowner or operator fortechnical forestry assistance or service, may designate forest trees forremoval for lumber, veneer, poles, piling, pulpwood, cordwood, ties, or otherforest products by blazing, spotting with paint or otherwise designating in anapproved manner; he may measure or estimate the commercial volume contained inthe trees designated; he may furnish the landowner or operator with a statementof the volume of the trees so designated and estimated; he may assist infinding a suitable market for the products so designated, and he may offergeneral forestry advice concerning the management of the forest.
(b) For such designating, measuring or estimating services theSecretary may make a charge, on behalf of the Department, in an amount not toexceed five percent (5%) of the sale price or fair market value of the stumpageso designated and measured or estimated. Upon receipt from the Secretary of astatement of such charges, the landowner or operator or his agent shall makepayment to the Secretary within 30 days.
(c) In those cases where the Secretary deems it desirable to sodesignate and measure or estimate trees without charge, such services shall begiven for the purpose of encouraging the use of approved scientific forestryprinciples on the private or other forestlands within the State, and toestablish practical demonstrations of said principles. (1947, c. 384, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c.771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 96.)