(a) Power and duty of State Treasurer.--In accordance with the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, the State Treasurer shall administer the designated funds of the department.

(b) Zoological Enhancement Fund.--Fifteen dollars of each fee received under section 1355 (relating to zoological plate) shall be credited to the Zoological Enhancement Fund, created as follows:

(1) There is hereby established a special account in the Treasury Department which shall be known as the Zoological Enhancement Fund. The purpose of the Zoological Enhancement Fund is to assist Commonwealth nonprofit zoological institutions accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association and licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture to fulfill their conservation, education and recreation missions to the citizens of this Commonwealth.

(2) All moneys in the Zoological Enhancement Fund are hereby annually appropriated to the Department of Commerce and may be expended for the purposes authorized under this subsection.

(3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Department of Commerce for his approval.

(4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition for expenditures by the Department of Commerce in excess of estimates approved by the Governor or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser amount.

(c) Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund.--The following shall apply:

(1) The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund shall terminate at the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

(2) All money in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund on the effective date of this paragraph shall be appropriated to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and shall be expended to provide grants to children's advocacy centers, as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303(a) (relating to definitions), during fiscal year 2013-2014. All money in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Fund on the date of termination shall be transferred to the General Fund.

(3) Estimates of amounts to be expended under this subsection shall be submitted to the Governor by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for his approval.

(4) The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition for expenditures by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in excess of estimates approved by the Governor or in excess of the amount available for the purposes for which the requisition was made, whichever is the lesser amount.

(July 6, 1995, P.L.288, No.42, eff. 60 days; July 6, 1995, P.L.315, No.48, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1995, P.L.669, No.75, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Apr. 7, 2014, P.L.381, No.27, eff. 60 days)

2014 Amendment. Act 27 amended subsec. (c).

1995 Amendments. Act 42 added section 1905, Act 48 added section 1905 and Act 75 added subsec. (c). The amendments by Acts 42 and 48 are identical and therefore have been merged.

References in Text. The Department of Commerce, referred to in subsec. (b), was renamed the Department of Community and Economic Development by Act 58 of 1996.