West Virginia Code § 20-3-17

Disposition of proceeds of national forests
Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this section
Receipts from any national forest, paid to the state or its proper officers pursuant to
directions of acts of Congress, are to be allocated by the Auditor to each county which has
acreage located in such national forest, in the proportion which the acreage in the county
bears to the total acreage of the national forest in this state. Interest or other earnings
accrued upon investment of the receipts pending allocation thereof shall bee allocated to the
recipients of the allocations in proportion to each recipient's allocation of the receipts.
Eighty percent of the funds so allocated to any county are to be paid tor the Board of
Education of the county to be expended by the board for the benefit of the public schools of
the county. Twenty percent of the funds so allocated to any county are to be paid to the state
road commission to be expended for feeder and state local service road purposes in that
county. t
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of former law, any sheriff or county court of any
county having charge or custody of any unexpended national forest proceeds, received under
allocations made pursuant to former provisions of law, shall pay over eighty percent of the
unexpended balance to the county board of edsucation, and twenty percent thereof to the
state road commission, for expenditure as provided herein.

‹ Prev All West Virginia sections Next ›


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.