29.1-332 - License and permit receipts; compensation for issuing; sums to be credited to game protection fund.

§ 29.1-332. License and permit receipts; compensation for issuing; sums to becredited to game protection fund.

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-1802, the money received forlicenses and permits issued under this title shall be paid by each clerk oragent to the Department for payment into the state treasury. Payment shall bemade by means prescribed by the Board and agreed to by the clerk or agent.For license sales by telephone or electronic media, the means of payment mayinclude a continuous deposit of proceeds from the sale of licenses intoaccounts from which the Department may electronically transfer funds to aDepartmental or state account at agreed-upon intervals. For license salesmade other than by telephone or electronic media, the clerk or agent shalladd $.50 to the fee for each license or permit he issues and retain the $.50as compensation for such service.

B. Upon receipt into the treasury of such sums the Comptroller shall creditthe sums to the game protection fund or to the Lifetime Hunting and FishingEndowment Fund for licenses sold pursuant to § 29.1-302.1.

C. The voluntary contributions collected pursuant to subsection B of §29.1-330 and remitted to the Department shall be deposited into the statetreasury and credited to a special nonreverting fund, within the gameprotection fund, known as the Feed the Hungry Fund. Monies in this fund shallbe disbursed quarterly to Hunters For The Hungry to support its programs tofeed the hungry and other statewide activities related to this mission.

(Code 1950, §§ 29-69, 29-71; 1976, c. 660; 1980, c. 494; 1987, cc. 95, 488;1992, c. 374; 2000, c. 132; 2003, cc. 95, 737.)