Vermont § 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. (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) 10 percent to the Department of Public Safety, to be used for enforcement of this
  subchapter and implementation of a boating safety education program. (2) 34 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. (3) 17 percent to the Department of Environmental Conservation for the purpose of aquatic
  nuisance control pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 50. (4) Seven percent to the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the purpose of mosquito
  control pursuant to 6 V.S.A. chapter 85. (5) 20 percent to the Department of Environmental Conservation for the purpose of an Aquatic
  Nuisance Control Grant Program pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 50. (6) 12 percent to the Transportation Fund. (c) [Repealed.] (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; 2009, No. 46, § 7, eff. July 1, 2010; 2015, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 50.)