§200-8 - Boating program; payment of costs.
[§200-8] Boating program; payment of costs. The cost of administering a comprehensive statewide boating program, including, but not limited to, the cost of:
(1) Operating, maintaining, and managing all boating facilities under the control of the department;
(2) Improving boating safety;
(3) Operating a vessel registration and boating casualty investigation and reporting system; and
(4) Other boating program activities,
shall be paid from the boating special fund. The amortization (principal and interest) of the costs of capital improvements for boating facilities appropriated after July 1, 1975, including, but not limited to, berths, slips, ramps, related accommodations, general navigation channels, breakwaters, aids to navigation, and other harbor structures, may be paid from the boating special fund or from general revenues as the legislature may authorize in each situation. Revenues provided in this chapter for the boating special fund shall be at least sufficient to pay the special fund costs established in this section. [L 1991, c 272, pt of §2]