A. The executive secretary of the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall receive and account for all monies derived from the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act. The executive secretary of the Board shall pay these monies monthly to the State Treasurer who shall keep them in a separate fund to be known as the “Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Fund”.

B. All monies received in the fund are hereby appropriated to the Board. Monies may be paid out of the fund upon proper voucher approved by the chair of the Board, and attested by the executive secretary of the Board.

C. All monies in the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Fund at the end of each fiscal year, being the unexpended balance of such fund, shall be carried forward and placed to the credit of the fund for the succeeding fiscal year.

D. Only the Board shall make expenditures from the fund for any purpose that is reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act.

E. No money shall ever be paid from the General Revenue Fund for the administration of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act.

F. Any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Board shall not constitute a charge on any state funds other than the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Fund.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 203, § 14, emerg. eff. May 17, 1973. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 159, § 16, emerg. eff. April 2, 1980; Laws 1998, c. 202, § 14, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2004, c. 280, § 7, eff. July 1, 2004.