CHAPTER 442

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-209, as amended, of the Code of Vt
ginia, relating to the disposition of the dog fund.

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Approved April 1, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-209, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended az
reenacted as follows:

§ 29-209. After paying the fifteen per centum on gross collections |
the State Treasurer as otherwise provided, the remaining amount in tl
dog fund of the county or city shall first be used to pay for control of rabie
treatment of persons for rabies, advertising notices, freight and express ‘
and payments heretofore made by the governing body of any county to
game wardens and ex officio game wardens for services are hereby vali-
dated. In the event the remainder is not sufficient to pay such damages, the
claims shall be filed and paid in the order of presentation out of the first
available money coming into the fund.

In the county of Orange, the governing body may employ, and pay
from the dog fund, a person or persons to investigate claims made for
payment under this section. .

Should there not be a sum sufficient in the dog fund of the counties of
Augusta, Rockbridge, Smyth, Prince William, Wythe, or Albemarle, re-
spectively, to defray all costs in such county, including the payment of
claims as provided in § 29-202, then the governing body of such county may
appropriate a sufficient amount from the general fund of such county to
provide payment of such costs and claims. oo

Any funds in excess of two hundred fifty dollars remaining in the
hands of the treasurer on December thirty-first may on that date be trans-
ferred into the general fund of the county or city, or at the discretion of
the governing body of any county or city, any portion thereof may be
transferred into a special fund and used for the purpose of replenishing or
restocking quail or other game in such county or counties adjoining such
city; provided, that in the counties of Giles, * Franklin, Pittsylvania, Din-
widdie, and Wythe and the city of Warwick, the entire fund remaining
in the hands of the treasurer on December thirty-first shall be transferred
by the governing body into a special fund and, subject to the approval
of the Commission, shall be used for the purpose of replenishing, re-
stocking and protecting quail or other game and game fish in the county;
provided, that in the county of Giles the governing body shall transfer
the entire fund remaining in the hands of the treasurer on December
thirty-first of each year into a special fund to be used for the purpose of
replenishing or restocking and protection of quail and other game and
game fish in the county, and in the county of Essex the governing body
shall likewise transfer the sum of two hundred fifty dollars, as above pro-
vided, for the same purpose of replenishing or restocking and protection
of quail and other game and game fish in the county; provided, that in
the county of Wythe and the city of Warwick the special fund or any
portion thereof not so expended at the expiration of two years from the
date of its transfer as such special fund shall revert to the general fund
of the county or city, respectively, and in the discretion of the governing

be apportioned as next herein provided.

In the discretion of the governing body of the respective counties, the
fund remaining in such county may be apportioned between the county
and any incorporated town or towns in such county in the proportion that
the amount of the license tax collected in the town or towns bears to the
total dog license tax in the county in which the town or towns are located,
to be used as the governing body of the town directs, except that in the
county of Essex no apportionment shall be made to the town of Tappahan-
nock and that in the county of Middlesex no apportionment shall be made
to the town of Urbanna.

Any funds heretofore set aside in the county of Grayson for the pur-
pose of replenishing, restocking and protecting quail or other game and
game fish in the county may, by order of the governing body of the county,
be transferred to the general fund of the county.

In the counties of Buchanan and Dickenson, the entire fund re-
maining in the hands of the treasurer on December thirty-first shall be
transferred by the governing body into a special fund and subject to the
approval of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries shall be used
for the purpose of replenishing, restocking and protecting game birds
and game animals and game fish in the counties.
In the county of Montgomery, twenty-five per centum of the enttre
fund remaining in the hands of the treasurer on December thirty-first
shall be transferred by the governing body into the general fund of the
county, and the remainder shall be transferred by the governing body
into a special fund and shall be used for the purpose of replenishing, re-
stocking and protecting game birds and game animals and game fish tn
such county as the governing body shall see fit.