§321-27 - Environmental health education fund.
§321-27 Environmental health education fund. (a) There is established within the department of health an environmental health education fund into which shall be deposited all moneys collected from fees for permits, licenses, inspections, various certificates, variances, investigations, and reviews, pursuant to sections 321-11.5(c) and 321-15.
(b) Moneys in the fund shall be expended by the department for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of environmental health programs to:
(1) Improve public outreach efforts and consultations to industries regulated;
(2) Educate the public, staff, and industries regulated thereunder;
(3) Plan for future growth and expansion to meet emerging needs; and
(4) Provide training opportunities to ensure the maintenance of professional competence among environmental health staff and administrators.
Not more than $90,000 of the fund may be utilized during any fiscal year for fund administration, including the hiring of not more than two full-time equivalent personnel, and the purchase of office and electronic equipment.
(c) Any amount in the fund in excess of $300,000 on June 30 of each year shall be deposited into the general fund.
(d) The department of health shall submit a report to the legislature concerning the status of the environmental health education fund, including, but not limited to, the amount of moneys taken in by and expended from the fund, and the sources of receipts and uses of expenditures, not less than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session. [L 1994, c 169, §§2, 9; am L 1996, c 164, §1; am L 1998, c 311, §§15, 16; am L 1999, c 120, §4]