Receipts from any national forest, paid to the state or its proper officers pursuant to directions of acts of Congress, are to be allocated by the Auditor to each county which has acreage located in such national forest, in the proportion which the acreage in the county bears to the total acreage of the national forest in this state. Interest or other earnings accrued upon investment of the receipts pending allocation thereof shall be allocated to the recipients of the allocations in proportion to each recipient's allocation of the receipts. Eighty percent of the funds so allocated to any county are to be paid to the Board of Education of the county to be expended by the board for the benefit of the public schools of the county. Twenty percent of the funds so allocated to any county are to be paid to the state road commission to be expended for feeder and state local service road purposes in that county.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of former law, any sheriff or county court of any county having charge or custody of any unexpended national forest proceeds, received under allocations made pursuant to former provisions of law, shall pay over eighty percent of the unexpended balance to the county board of education, and twenty percent thereof to the state road commission, for expenditure as provided herein.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 3. Forests and Wildlife Areas
§20-3-3. Establishment of Wildlife Areas; Leasing Lands Therefor
§20-3-3a. Cabwaylingo Pilot Project
§20-3-5a. Prescribed Fire Program
§20-3-7. Starting Fire on Lands of Another; Penalties
§20-3-8. Duty of Railroad Company to Protect Against Fires
§20-3-9. Right of Railroad Company to Clear Land Adjacent to Right-of-Way
§20-3-12. Timberland and Forest Land Defined
§20-3-13. Director Authorized to Secure Federal Cooperation; Annual Appropriation
§20-3-14. Financial Assistance From Owners of Forest Lands; Expenditures by Director
§20-3-15. Owner Not Relieved From Civil Liability for Damage From Fire
§20-3-16. Prima Facie Evidence of Negligence in Certain Actions for Injury Due to Fires
§20-3-17. Disposition of Proceeds of National Forests
§20-3-17a. Same -- Counties Embracing Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
§20-3-18. Disposition of Flood Control, Navigation and Allied Funds From the Federal Government
§20-3-20. Governor's Authority to Execute
§20-3-21. When and How Compact Becomes Operative
§20-3-22. Compact Administration; Advisory Committee
§20-3-23. Compact Committee Powers and Duties; Cooperation Therewith
§20-3-24. Other Powers of State Forester Supplementary
§20-3-25. Governor's Authority to Execute
§20-3-26. When and How Compact Becomes Operative
§20-3-27. Compact Administration
§20-3-28. Compact Committee Powers and Duties; Cooperation Therewith