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In any additions or deductions of acreage from that given by this survey, any land, other than commercial orchards, sustaining as its principal cover a growth of trees or woody shrubs shall be considered forest land, irrespective of the merchantability of the growth, and cutover land shall be considered as forest land unless it has been cleared or improved for other use. Open land shall be considered as forest land when it bears at least 80 well-distributed seedlings or sprouts of woody species per acre. The amounts so repaid by the counties or cities into the state treasury shall be credited to the Forestry Operations Fund for forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire suppression in the Commonwealth and, with such other funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly or contributed by the United States or any governmental or private agency for these purposes, shall be used and disbursed by the State Forester for such purposes. In cities this subsection shall be subject to § 10.1-1125.B\n\nIn any case in which the State Forester and the governing body of any county or city cannot agree upon the additions or deductions to privately owned forest acreage in a particular county or city, or to changes in forest acreage from year to year, the question shall be submitted to the judge of the circuit court of the county or city by a summary proceeding, and the decision of the judge certified to the governing body and to the State Forester, respectively, shall be conclusive and final.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":248083,"text":"Upon presentation to its governing body of an itemized statement duly certified by the State Forester, each county in this Commonwealth, or city which enters into a contract with the State Forester under § 10.1-1125 to provide forest fire prevention, shall repay into the state treasury annually any amounts expended in the preceding year by the State Forester in such county or city for forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire suppression, not to exceed in any one year an amount measured by the acreage, computed, beginning July 1, 2008, upon the basis of seven cents per acre of privately owned forests in the county or city and beginning July 1, 2009, nine cents per acre, according to the most recent United States Forest Survey. In any additions or deductions of acreage from that given by this survey, any land, other than commercial orchards, sustaining as its principal cover a growth of trees or woody shrubs shall be considered forest land, irrespective of the merchantability of the growth, and cutover land shall be considered as forest land unless it has been cleared or improved for other use. Open land shall be considered as forest land when it bears at least 80 well-distributed seedlings or sprouts of woody species per acre. The amounts so repaid by the counties or cities into the state treasury shall be credited to the Forestry Operations Fund for forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire suppression in the Commonwealth and, with such other funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly or contributed by the United States or any governmental or private agency for these purposes, shall be used and disbursed by the State Forester for such purposes. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 79; in 1984, chapter 715; in 1986, chapter 567; in 1988, chapter 891; in 2008, chapter 254<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80075,"section_number":"10.1-1123","catch_line":"Use of Fund; management, receipt and expenditure of moneys","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1123\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79906,"section_number":"10.1-1125","catch_line":"Application of Articles 4, 5 and 6 to cities; State Forester authorized to enter into contracts with cities","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1125\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68534,"identifier":"10.1-1124","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/4\/10.1-1124","url":"\/10.1-1124\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1124\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/4\/10.1-1124","dublin_core":{"Title":"Counties and certain cities to pay annual sums for forest protection, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1124","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon presentation to its governing body of an itemized statement duly certified by the State Forester, each county in this Commonwealth, or city which enters into a contract<\/span> with the State Forester under § 10.1-1125<\/a> to provide forest fire prevention, shall repay into the state treasury annually any amounts expended in the preceding year by the State Forester in such county or city for forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire suppression, not to exceed in any one year an amount measured by the acreage, computed, beginning July 1, 2008, upon the basis of seven cents per acre of privately owned forests in the county or city and beginning July 1, 2009, nine cents per acre, according to the most recent United States Forest Survey. In any additions or deductions of acreage from that given by this survey, any land, other than commercial orchards, sustaining as its principal cover a growth of trees or woody shrubs shall be considered forest land, irrespective of the merchantability of the growth, and cutover land shall be considered as forest land unless it has been cleared or improved for other use. Open land shall be considered as forest land when it bears at least 80 well-distributed seedlings or sprouts of woody species per acre. The amounts so repaid by the counties or cities into the state treasury shall be credited to the Forestry Operations Fund for forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire suppression in the Commonwealth and, with such other funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly or contributed by the United States or any governmental or private agency for these purposes, shall be used and disbursed by the State Forester for such purposes. In cities this subsection shall be subject to § 10.1-1125<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In any case in which the State Forester and the governing body of any county or city cannot agree upon the additions or deductions to privately owned forest acreage in a particular county or city, or to changes in forest acreage from year to year, the question shall be submitted to the judge<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city by a summary proceeding, and the decision of the judge<\/span> certified to the governing body and to the State Forester, respectively, shall be conclusive and final. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTIES AND CERTAIN CITIES TO PAY ANNUAL SUMS FOR FOREST PROTECTION, ETC (\u00a7\n10.1-1124)\n\nA. Upon presentation to its governing body of an itemized statement duly\ncertified by the State Forester, each county in this Commonwealth, or city which\nenters into a contract with the State Forester under § 10.1-1125 to provide\nforest fire prevention, shall repay into the state treasury annually any amounts\nexpended in the preceding year by the State Forester in such county or city for\nforest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest fire\nsuppression, not to exceed in any one year an amount measured by the acreage,\ncomputed, beginning July 1, 2008, upon the basis of seven cents per acre of\nprivately owned forests in the county or city and beginning July 1, 2009, nine\ncents per acre, according to the most recent United States Forest Survey. In any\nadditions or deductions of acreage from that given by this survey, any land,\nother than commercial orchards, sustaining as its principal cover a growth of\ntrees or woody shrubs shall be considered forest land, irrespective of the\nmerchantability of the growth, and cutover land shall be considered as forest\nland unless it has been cleared or improved for other use. Open land shall be\nconsidered as forest land when it bears at least 80 well-distributed seedlings\nor sprouts of woody species per acre. The amounts so repaid by the counties or\ncities into the state treasury shall be credited to the Forestry Operations Fund\nfor forest protection, forest fire detection, forest fire prevention and forest\nfire suppression in the Commonwealth and, with such other funds as may be\nappropriated by the General Assembly or contributed by the United States or any\ngovernmental or private agency for these purposes, shall be used and disbursed\nby the State Forester for such purposes. In cities this subsection shall be\nsubject to § 10.1-1125.\n\nB. In any case in which the State Forester and the governing body of any county\nor city cannot agree upon the additions or deductions to privately owned forest\nacreage in a particular county or city, or to changes in forest acreage from\nyear to year, the question shall be submitted to the judge of the circuit court\nof the county or city by a summary proceeding, and the decision of the judge\ncertified to the governing body and to the State Forester, respectively, shall\nbe conclusive and final.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 10-46; 1964, c. 79; 1984, c. 715; 1986, c. 567; 1988, c.\n891; 2008, c. 254.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}