Section 261:97-b Conservation Number Plate Trust Fund.
I. There is hereby established a conservation number plate trust fund under the administration of the state treasurer. The fund shall be used for the promotion, protection, and investment in the state's natural, cultural, and historic resources. The fund shall be nonlapsing. The state treasurer shall distribute the funds annually on July 1, except as provided in paragraph I-a, as follows: $5,000 of every $100,000 received, up to a total of $50,000, shall be distributed to the department of transportation for the expanded wild flower establishment program for use in planting lilacs and native wild flowers; $1 for every new, renewal, and transfer of registration, up to a total of $50,000, shall be placed in a nonlapsing account for use by the department of resources and economic development to promote the conservation number plate program; the remainder shall be distributed equally among the department of cultural resources, the department of fish and game, the department of resources and economic development, the state conservation committee, and the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority.
I-a. The state treasurer shall distribute the share of funds due the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority, pursuant to RSA 261:97-b, I, on the first day of each month. The total amount shall not exceed $200,000 per fiscal year.
II. Each department and commission receiving funding from the conservation number plate trust fund shall establish a line item in their budget. Moneys received from the conservation number plate trust fund shall be in addition to any other sums appropriated and shall not replace base funding received by any of these departments or commissions through the budget process.
Source. 1998, 20:2; 363:3. 2000, 245:7. 2003, 126:1, eff. July 1, 2003.