37-110. Due diligence fund; exemption; reversion


A. The due diligence fund is established. The commissioner may use monies in the
fund to pay the department's costs of evaluating and processing applications and
otherwise preparing lands for sales, leases, rights-of-way or other use permits.


B. The fund consists of legislative appropriations and reimbursements to the
department by winning bidders for the department's costs of advance due diligence
investigations and analyses pursuant to subsection A of this section. Monies in the fund
are subject to legislative appropriation.


C. The commissioner shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are exempt from
the provisions of section 35-190 relating to the lapsing of appropriations, except that
all monies in the fund exceeding five hundred thousand dollars at any time revert to the
state general fund.