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The special fund shall be used for the following purposes:\n\n1\n\nPayment for damages to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmas trees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment and appliances, as defined in § 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that is caused by deer, elk, or bear at any time, or by big game hunters during hunting season; and2\n\nPayment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of the provisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of the required stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by a local governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims and adjust such claims; and3\n\nIn the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of law enforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisions of this article and the general game laws of the Commonwealth; any person compensated to engage in such law-enforcement activities shall be approved for such employment by the director and appointed to be a special conservation police officer in accordance with the Board’s standards and policies governing such appointment; and4\n\nIn the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expenses related to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire prevention and suppression program when the program includes firefighting on big game hunting lands open to the public, and support of local volunteer emergency medical services agencies whose services are available to hunters in distress. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 16 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1983, chapter 198; in 1985, chapter 284; in 1986, chapter 361; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2003, chapter 137<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 87<\/a> and 463<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66320,"section_number":"3.2-4400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76364,"identifier":"29.1-355","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-355","url":"\/29.1-355\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-355\/","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-355","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-355","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All moneys received from the sale of the special stamps shall be paid into the local treasury to the credit of a special damage stamp fund and identified by the year in which the moneys were collected. The special fund shall be used for the following purposes:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Payment for damages<\/span> to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmas trees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment and appliances, as defined in § 3.2-4400<\/a>, or farm equipment that is caused by deer, elk, or bear at any time, or by big game<\/span> hunters during hunting season; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Payment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of the provisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of the required stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by a local governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims and adjust such claims; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> In the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of law<\/span> enforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisions of this article and the general game<\/span> laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth; any person compensated to engage in such law<\/span>-enforcement activities shall be approved for such employment by the director<\/span> and appointed to be a special conservation police officer in accordance with the Board<\/span>’s standards and policies governing such appointment; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> In the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expenses related to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire prevention and suppression program when the program includes firefighting on big game<\/span> hunting lands open to the public, and support of local volunteer emergency medical services agencies whose services are available to hunters in distress. However, the money appropriated from the special damage stamp fund for these purposes shall not exceed, in the aggregate, in any calendar year, an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount paid into the special damage stamp fund during the fiscal year or previous calendar year. Once selecting the fiscal year or previous calendar year, the local governing body must continue to use that selected period of time in determining the amount of money to be appropriated from the special damage stamp fund. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF FUNDS (\u00a7 29.1-355)\n\nAll moneys received from the sale of the special stamps shall be paid into the\nlocal treasury to the credit of a special damage stamp fund and identified by\nthe year in which the moneys were collected. The special fund shall be used for\nthe following purposes:\n\n1. Payment for damages to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmas\ntrees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment and appliances,\nas defined in § 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that is caused by deer, elk, or\nbear at any time, or by big game hunters during hunting season; and\n\n2. Payment of the actual and necessary costs of the administration of the\nprovisions of this article, including the printing and distribution of the\nrequired stamps and the payment of reasonable fees to persons designated by a\nlocal governing body to inspect, evaluate, and confirm reported claims and\nadjust such claims; and\n\n3. In the discretion of the local governing body, payment of the costs of law\nenforcement directly related to and incidental to carrying out the provisions of\nthis article and the general game laws of the Commonwealth; any person\ncompensated to engage in such law-enforcement activities shall be approved for\nsuch employment by the director and appointed to be a special conservation\npolice officer in accordance with the Board’s standards and policies\ngoverning such appointment; and\n\n4. In the discretion of the local governing body, administrative expenses\nrelated to the special stamps, support of a county volunteer fire prevention and\nsuppression program when the program includes firefighting on big game hunting\nlands open to the public, and support of local volunteer emergency medical\nservices agencies whose services are available to hunters in distress. However,\nthe money appropriated from the special damage stamp fund for these purposes\nshall not exceed, in the aggregate, in any calendar year, an amount equal to 25\npercent of the amount paid into the special damage stamp fund during the fiscal\nyear or previous calendar year. Once selecting the fiscal year or previous\ncalendar year, the local governing body must continue to use that selected\nperiod of time in determining the amount of money to be appropriated from the\nspecial damage stamp fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 16, \u00a7 29-92.4; 1983, c. 198; 1985, c. 284; 1986, c. 361;\n1987, c. 488; 2003, c. 137; 2004, cc. 87, 463; 2007, c. 87; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","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}}