All moneys received from the sale of the special stamps shall be paid intothe local treasury to the credit of a special damage stamp fund andidentified by the year in which the moneys were collected. The special fundshall be used for the following purposes:
1. Payment for damages to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmastrees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment andappliances, as defined in § 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that is caused bydeer, elk, or bear at any time, or by big game hunters during hunting season;and
2. Payment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of theprovisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of therequired stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by alocal governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims andadjust such claims; and
3. In the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of lawenforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisionsof this article and the general game laws of the Commonwealth; any personcompensated to engage in such law-enforcement activities shall be approvedfor such employment by the director and appointed to be a specialconservation police officer in accordance with the Board's standards andpolicies governing such appointment; and
4. In the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expensesrelated to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire preventionand suppression program when the program includes fire fighting on big gamehunting lands open to the public, and support of local volunteer rescuesquads whose services are available to hunters in distress. However, themoney appropriated from the special damage stamp fund for these purposesshall not exceed, in the aggregate, in any calendar year, an amount equal to25 percent of the amount paid into the special damage stamp fund during thefiscal year or previous calendar year. Once selecting the fiscal year orprevious calendar year, the local governing body must continue to use thatselected period of time in determining the amount of money to be appropriatedfrom the special damage stamp fund.
(1981, c. 16, § 29-92.4; 1983, c. 198; 1985, c. 284; 1986, c. 361; 1987, c.488; 2003, c. 137; 2004, cc. 87, 463; 2007, c. 87.)
All moneys received from the sale of the special stamps shall be paid intothe local treasury to the credit of a special damage stamp fund andidentified by the year in which the moneys were collected. The special fundshall be used for the following purposes:
1. Payment for damages to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmastrees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment andappliances, as defined in § 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that is caused bydeer, elk, or bear at any time, or by big game hunters during hunting season;and
2. Payment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of theprovisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of therequired stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by alocal governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims andadjust such claims; and
3. In the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of lawenforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisionsof this article and the general game laws of the Commonwealth; any personcompensated to engage in such law-enforcement activities shall be approvedfor such employment by the director and appointed to be a specialconservation police officer in accordance with the Board's standards andpolicies governing such appointment; and
4. In the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expensesrelated to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire preventionand suppression program when the program includes fire fighting on big gamehunting lands open to the public, and support of local volunteer rescuesquads whose services are available to hunters in distress. However, themoney appropriated from the special damage stamp fund for these purposesshall not exceed, in the aggregate, in any calendar year, an amount equal to25 percent of the amount paid into the special damage stamp fund during thefiscal year or previous calendar year. Once selecting the fiscal year orprevious calendar year, the local governing body must continue to use thatselected period of time in determining the amount of money to be appropriatedfrom the special damage stamp fund.
(1981, c. 16, § 29-92.4; 1983, c. 198; 1985, c. 284; 1986, c. 361; 1987, c.488; 2003, c. 137; 2004, cc. 87, 463; 2007, c. 87.)
All moneys received from the sale of the special stamps shall be paid intothe local treasury to the credit of a special damage stamp fund andidentified by the year in which the moneys were collected. The special fundshall be used for the following purposes:
1. Payment for damages to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmastrees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment andappliances, as defined in § 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that is caused bydeer, elk, or bear at any time, or by big game hunters during hunting season;and
2. Payment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of theprovisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of therequired stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by alocal governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims andadjust such claims; and
3. In the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of lawenforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisionsof this article and the general game laws of the Commonwealth; any personcompensated to engage in such law-enforcement activities shall be approvedfor such employment by the director and appointed to be a specialconservation police officer in accordance with the Board's standards andpolicies governing such appointment; and
4. In the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expensesrelated to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire preventionand suppression program when the program includes fire fighting on big gamehunting lands open to the public, and support of local volunteer rescuesquads whose services are available to hunters in distress. However, themoney appropriated from the special damage stamp fund for these purposesshall not exceed, in the aggregate, in any calendar year, an amount equal to25 percent of the amount paid into the special damage stamp fund during thefiscal year or previous calendar year. Once selecting the fiscal year orprevious calendar year, the local governing body must continue to use thatselected period of time in determining the amount of money to be appropriatedfrom the special damage stamp fund.
(1981, c. 16, § 29-92.4; 1983, c. 198; 1985, c. 284; 1986, c. 361; 1987, c.488; 2003, c. 137; 2004, cc. 87, 463; 2007, c. 87.)
