2018 Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 6A - Outdoor Stewardship
§ 12-6A-5. (Effective July 1, 2019) Establishment of the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
(a) There is established the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund as a separate fund in the state treasury. Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, the state treasurer shall credit to the trust fund 40 percent of all moneys received by the state from the sales and use tax collected by establishments classified under the 2007 North American Industry Classification Code 451110, sporting goods stores, in the immediately preceding year.
(b) Such funds shall not lapse to the general fund. Such funds shall be used to support the protection and conservation of land and shall be used to supplement, not supplant, department resources.
(c)
(1) In the event that, in any current year, the immediately preceding year's total moneys received from the levy of a sales and use tax fall at least 1 percent below the total moneys received from the levy of the tax in the year prior to the immediately preceding year, then the amount that the state treasurer shall credit to the trust fund during the current year shall be reduced by 20 percent of the trust fund credit, which amount shall instead be paid into the state general fund.
(2) In the event that, in a year following the year of an initial trust fund credit reduction pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the immediately preceding year's total moneys received from the levy of a sales and use tax fall at least 1 percent below the total moneys received from the levy of the tax in the year prior to the immediately preceding year, then the amount that the state treasurer shall credit to the trust fund during the current year shall be reduced by 50 percent of the trust fund credit, which amount shall instead be paid into the state general fund.
(d) In any current year following a year for which the amount paid to the trust fund is reduced in accordance with subsection (c) of this Code section, the same percentage shall be paid into the state general fund as in the immediately preceding year unless the total moneys received from the levy of the sales and use tax in the immediately preceding year equal or exceed the total moneys received from the levy of the sales and use tax in the most recent year in which no reduction in the amount paid to the trust fund occurred pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this Code section.
