§ 10.1-1162 Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning: “Diameter” means the distance through a tree at the point of average thickness as measured from outside of bark to outside of bark at a point on a trunk ten inches above the general ground level. “Person” means any landowner, owner of timber, owner of timber rights, sawmill operator, sawmill owner, veneer wood operator, pulpwood contractor, or any person engaged in the business of severing timber from the stump. “Tree” means any tree of a currently commercially valuable species which is six inches or more in diameter.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 417; in 1956, chapter 75; in 1988, chapter 891.
Code 1950, § 10-75; 1952, c. 417; 1956, c. 75; 1988, c. 891.