§166-10 - Agricultural park special fund.
§166-10 Agricultural park special fund. (a) There is created in the state treasury a special fund to be designated asthe agricultural park special fund. The proceeds in the fund shall be used forthe following purposes:
(1)Â Payment of agricultural park lease rents ofprivately owned lands under lease to the State pursuant to sections 171-112 and166-3;
(2)Â Establishing, operating, maintaining, andimproving infrastructure improvements in agricultural parks designated by thedepartment pursuant to section 166-3; and
(3)Â Any other purposes deemed necessary by thedepartment for the purpose of maintaining and operating those agriculturalparks and related facilities designated by the department pursuant to section166-3.
For the purpose of paragraph (2),infrastructure improvements may include, but shall not be limited to:Â irrigation water system projects, wind power or hydro power and pumpingsystems, waste disposal systems, domestic water systems, roads, street lights,land and roads drainage, and bridges.
(b) Moneys appropriated for the purpose of thefund; any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, allmoneys received or collected from an agricultural park project designatedpursuant to section 166-3, including residential and agricultural lot leaserents; and all money collected or received by the department for the use andmaintenance of domestic and irrigation water systems within an agriculturalpark and other systems enumerated in subsection (a) shall be deposited into theagricultural park special fund. All interest earned or accrued on moneysdeposited in the fund shall become a part of the fund. Moneys in the fundshall be expended upon warrants drawn by the comptroller. [L 1986, c 222, pt of§1; am L 1990, c 52, §7]