1. The Account for the Division of Minerals is hereby created in the State General Fund.
2. The following special fees and money must be deposited in the Account:
(a) All fees collected pursuant to NRS 513.094, 517.185 and chapter 522 of NRS.
(b) All money collected pursuant to NRS 235.016.
(c) Any money received by the Division from a county pursuant to NRS 513.108.
(d) All fees collected pursuant to NRS 534A.080.
(e) Any money appropriated to the Division from the State General Fund.
3. No money except that appropriated from the State General Fund lapses to the State General Fund.
4. The money in the Account is appropriated to the Division. The money deposited in the Account pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2, and the interest earned thereon, must be expended for the purposes of administering chapter 522 of NRS and the provisions of this chapter, except for NRS 513.108. The money deposited pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection 2, and the interest earned thereon, must be distributed to the counties pursuant to NRS 513.108, except that portion required to pay the cost of administering the provisions of that section. All interest earned on the Account must remain in the Account.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 2070; A 1985, 303; 1987, 1868; 1989, 141; 1991, 1779; 1993, 111, 1684; 1995, 509)