44-17-715 - Commercial Breeder Act enforcement and recovery account. [Effective January 1, 2010 until June 30, 2014. See the Compiler's Notes.]
44-17-715 Commercial Breeder Act enforcement and recovery account. [Effective January 1, 2010 until June 30, 2014. See the Compiler's Notes.]
(a) There is established within the general fund a Commercial Breeder Act enforcement and recovery account, referred to as the account in this section. All fees received for licenses issued or renewed and all civil penalties collected under this part shall be deposited into the account, together with all amounts collected from commercial breeders pursuant to title 67, chapter 6, part 2.
(b) Moneys within the account shall be invested by the state treasurer in accordance with § 9-4-603 for the sole benefit of the account and any amounts remaining in the account at the end of the fiscal year shall remain available in subsequent fiscal years.
(c) In accordance with rules of the commissioner and applicable provisions of the general appropriations act, moneys in the account shall be used:
(1) First, to pay for the cost of administering this part; and
(2) Second, subject to the availability of funds, to pay any state or local government agency for its unreimbursed direct costs of transporting, care or feeding of any companion animals actually incurred solely as a result of a notification received under § 44-17-709. It is declared to be the legislative intent that, to the extent practical, state and local agencies will enter into partnerships with releasing agencies to provide, at the releasing agencies' expense, for the transporting, care or feeding of any companion animals resulting from a notification received under § 44-17-709.
[Acts 2009, ch. 591, § 1.]