Section 58.1-1610 - Alternative payment, collection and disposition of taxA. All taxes collected by the Department of Taxation pursuant to § 58.1-1605 shall be paid into the state treasury. The Comptroller shall credit such taxes as special revenues to the "Protection and Development of Forest Resources of the State Fund" of the Department of Forestry for expenditure solely for the protection and development of the forest resources of the Commonwealth, to be used for raising, planting, and propagating seedling trees, both hardwood and softwood, forest fire protection, forestry education of the public in the use of forest harvesting methods, and rendering forestry service to timber landowners of the Commonwealth. No portion of such special revenues shall revert to the general fund of the Commonwealth at the end of any fiscal year.B. The costs of collecting the taxes levied hereby shall be paid out of the special fund created by this section to the Department.Code 1950, § 58-838.7:1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 179; 1978, c. 72; 1981, c. 372; 1984, cc. 675, 750; 1990, c. 196.Amended by Acts 1990, § c. 196.Amended by Acts 1984, § cc. 675, 750.Amended by Acts 1981, § c. 372.Amended by Acts 1978, § c. 72.Amended by Acts 1971, § Ex. Sess., c. 179.