2005 Vermont Code - § 3319. — Fees collected; special fund

§ 3319. Fees collected; special fund

(a) There is hereby established a special fund to be known as the motorboat registration fund for the purposes of ensuring that the fees and penalties collected under this subchapter are utilized in the protection and maintenance of the state's water resources. Any interest earned on the monies in this fund will be deposited in the general fund.

Subsection (b) introductory paragraph effective until July 1, 2007; see also subsection (b) introductory paragraph set out below.

(b) The fees and penalties collected under the provisions of this subchapter, excluding surcharges collected under subsection 3305(b) and subdivisions 3305(c)(3)(A) and (B) of this title, shall be deposited in the motorboat registration fund and shall be allocated as follows:

Subsection (b) introductory paragraph effective July 1, 2007; see also subsection (b) introductory paragraph set out above.

(b) The fees and penalties collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited in the motorboat registration fund and shall be allocated as follows:

(1) 15 percent to the department of public safety, to be used for enforcement of this subchapter and implementation of a boating safety education program;

(2) 50 percent to the department of fish and wildlife, to be used: to match federal funds; for upgrading and expanding boating access areas and facilities located at those areas; for developing and constructing new boating access areas; and for facilitating or establishing and maintaining pump out stations, which may be, in the discretion of the commissioner, constructed or operated either by the department or on a contractual basis by a private person or entity. Users shall be charged reasonable and appropriate fees;

Subdivision (b)(3) effective until July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (b)(3) set out below.

(3) 25 percent to the department of environmental conservation for the purpose of aquatic nuisance control pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §§ 921, 922, 923, and 1263a;

Subdivision (b)(3) effective July 1, 2007; see also subdivision (b)(3) set out above.

(3) 25 percent to the department of environmental conservation for the purpose of aquatic nuisance control pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §§ 921, 922 and 923;

(4) 10 percent to the agency of agriculture, food and markets for the purpose of mosquito control pursuant to 6 V.S.A. chapter 85.

Subsection (c) expires on July 1, 2007; see note set out below.

(c) The surcharges collected under subsection 3305(b) and subdivisions 3305(c)(3)(A) and (B) of this title shall be credited to the special fund established under subdivision (b)(3) of this section for the purpose of an aquatic nuisance control grant program pursuant to sections 921, 922, and 923 of Title 10. (Added 1983, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 65, § 13; 1989, No. 265 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1993, No. 52, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 57; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)