80-15-302. Special funding. (1) A fee of $95 is assessed for the registration of pesticides in addition to the fee imposed by 80-8-201.

(2) The money collected from the registration fee established by subsection (1) must be deposited in the state special revenue fund as follows:

(a) Each of the following state agencies must be credited $15,000 for purposes of administering or assisting the department in administering this chapter:

(i) department of environmental quality; and

(ii) Montana state university-Bozeman extension service.

(b) The department must be credited with the remainder of the registration fee money to use in administering this chapter.

(3) A fee of $10 is assessed for the registration of fertilizers in addition to the fees imposed by 80-10-201(1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii). The additional fee must be used for the ground water protection responsibilities of the department relating to fertilizers. Revenues collected from this fee must be credited to the commercial fertilizer agricultural chemical ground water account within the state special revenue fund for the administration of this chapter.

(4) The department may direct the board of investments to invest the portion of the money collected under this section that is credited to the department pursuant to the provisions of 17-6-201. The income from the investments must be deposited in the state special revenue fund and credited to the department.

History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 668, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 588, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 344, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. sec. 36, Ch. 308, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 141, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 395, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 244, L. 2017.