                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAMAGE STAMP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED; PURPOSE; INTENT (§ 29.1-352)

There is hereby established a damage stamp program to provide for an available
source of funds to be used to compensate damage 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, or by big game hunters. It is the intent of the
General Assembly that persons suffering loss or damage as the result of these
activities should be realistically compensated for damages that occurred to
their property as the result of the activity. A local governing body shall
encourage to the maximum extent possible the utilization of the damage stamp
fund for payment of claims in keeping with the purposes of this article.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 16, § 29-92.1; 1983, c. 198; 1987, c. 488; 2003, c. 137;
2004, cc. 87, 463.