A. The Director is authorized to manage and harvest timber on lands owned by the Board in accordance with the best timber and game management practices, and to sell the timber. Proceeds from the sale of such timber shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the game protection fund.
B. When the Director authorizes the selling of timber which is standing, or which has been cut from timber standing on land owned by the Board, the Board shall pay to the locality in which the standing timber is located twenty-five percent of the proceeds of the sale of the timber, after deducting the cost of any road constructed by the Department which is necessary for the sale of the timber.
Code 1950, § 29-23; 1964, c. 532, § 29-23.01; 1987, c. 488.
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