Revenue received from hunting privileges, rentals, fuel wood sales, the marketing of pine straw, merchantable timber, forest tree seed, and miscellaneous products on commission lands must be retained by the commission to be used for reforestation of state forests, the development and operation of state forests and forest tree seed orchards, the maintenance of wildlife habitat, and the administration and operation of various programs on commission holdings. The commission may carry forward unexpended funds under this section to be used for those purposes.

HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, SECTION 9; 2026 Act No. 107 (H.3629), SECTION 2, eff March 30, 2026.

Effect of Amendment

2026 Act No. 107, SECTION 2, in the first sentence, deleted ", excluding Sand Hills State Forest," following "commission lands" and substituted "state forests" for "the Manchester State Forest".