§ 490. — Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC490]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 490. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of
disposing of debris
Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the
Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United
States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their
cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and
constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the
amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous
receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the
year in which such transfer is made.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 462; Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, Sec. 6, 64
Stat. 84.)
Amendments
1950--Act Apr. 24, 1950, covered excess deposits into miscellaneous
receipts instead of returning them to the depositors as was formerly the
practice.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 580k of this title.
