There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be designated the "Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Endowment Fund." This fund shall consist of proceeds from the sale of lifetime hunting and fishing licenses as provided in § 29.1-302.1 and any gifts, grants and contributions which are specifically designated for inclusion in the Fund.
The income and principal of this Fund shall be used only for the purposes of administering the lifetime hunting and fishing license program and supporting the wildlife conservation programs of the Department.
The Board shall serve as trustee of the Fund and these funds shall be withdrawn and expended for the purposes stated in this section by order of the Board. The State Treasurer shall be custodian of the funds. No part of such Fund, either principal or interest earned thereon, shall revert to the general fund of the state treasury.
1987, c. 95, § 29-20.1; 2020, c. 958.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating
Chapter 1 - Administration of Wildlife Resources
§ 29.1-100.1. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries continued as Department of Wildlife Resources
§ 29.1-101. Game Protection Fund
§ 29.1-101.01. Capital Improvement Fund
§ 29.1-101.1. Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Endowment Fund
§ 29.1-101.2. Creation and management of Fund
§ 29.1-101.3. Deposit of money
§ 29.1-101.4. Collection of money due to the Fund
§ 29.1-101.5. Grants and loans to local governments
§ 29.1-101.6. Loans to owners other than local governments
§ 29.1-101.7. Security for loans
§ 29.1-101.9. Requirement for fishways
§ 29.1-102. Board of Wildlife Resources; how constituted; meetings
§ 29.1-103. Powers and duties of the Board
§ 29.1-104. Acceptance of gifts, etc.
§ 29.1-105. Lease or contract respecting land or buildings
§ 29.1-106. Forest and watershed areas
§ 29.1-107. Rules and regulations
§ 29.1-108. Audits and examinations
§ 29.1-109. Department of Wildlife Resources; Director
§ 29.1-110. Disbursements, accounts for Department; Board
§ 29.1-111. Sale of timber; portion of proceeds to be paid to locality