20-3-25 Governor’s authority to execute
20-3-26 When and how compact becomes operative
20-3-27 Compact administration
20-3-28 Compact committee powers and duties; cooperation therewith
20-3-29 Other powers supplementary
20-3-3a Cabwaylingo State Forest Trail System
20-3-5a Prescribed Fire Program
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 20 > Article 3 > Part III - Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire

  • Agency: means any branch, department or unit of the state government, however designated or constituted. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Director: means the Director of the Division of Natural Resources. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lands: means land, waters and all other appurtenances connected therewith. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Laws of the state: includes the Constitution of the State of West Virginia and the Constitution of the United States, and treaties and laws made in pursuance thereof. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Person: except as otherwise defined elsewhere in this chapter, means the plural "persons" and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations or other legal entities. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Take: means to hunt, shoot, pursue, lure, kill, destroy, catch, capture, keep in captivity, gig, spear, trap, ensnare, wound or injure any wildlife, or attempt to do so. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2
  • Wildlife: means wild birds, wild animals, game and fur-bearing animals, fish (including minnows), reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans and all forms of aquatic life used as fish bait, whether dead or alive. See West Virginia Code 20-1-2