10.1-1156 - Funds credited to Department; disbursements.
§ 10.1-1156. Funds credited to Department; disbursements.
All funds paid into the state treasury pursuant to § 10.1-1152 shall becredited to the Department and maintained in the Reforestation OperationsFund to be expended annually, in the following order:
1. One-fourth of the gross revenue so derived shall be paid into thetreasuries of the counties wherein state forests are located proportionatelyaccording to the revenue derived from the sale of special permits;
2. From the balance remaining after providing for such payments to thecounties, there shall be paid the costs of preparing and issuing the permits,including the compensation to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,which is authorized to sell hunting and trapping permits;
3. The remainder may be expended by the State Forester for game and forestmanagement in such state forests. All funds expended by the State Forester inthe development, management, and protection of the game resources in stateforests shall be in cooperation with the Department of Game and InlandFisheries.
(Code 1950, § 10-73; 1986, c. 567; 1988, c. 891; 2007, c. 646.)