[§184-3.5]  Park acquisition trustfund; "acquire a park" program.  (a)  There is established in thestate treasury a fund to be known as the park acquisition trust fund, whichshall be administered by the department to acquire lands for the state park systemthrough the condemnation of private lands.

(b)  There shall be deposited into the fund thefollowing:

(1)  Contributions received by the State that aredesignated for a particular proposed or existing park or parks;

(2)  All other gifts, bequests, appropriations, orother contributions of money or other property not otherwise conditioned; and

(3)  All interest earned or accrued on moneys in thefund.

(c)  All moneys in the fund shall be expendedby the department for the condemnation of private lands to:

(1)  Create new proposed state parks; and

(2)  Expand existing state parks.

(d)  All contributions to the fund pursuant tosubsection (b)(1) that are earmarked for a particular proposed or existing parkor parks shall be expended for that purpose; provided that if no condemnationaction has been initiated within five years after the receipt of thatcontribution, the contribution may be applied toward the condemnation for anyother state park in the county for which the contribution was originally earmarked.

(e)  The chairperson of the board of land andnatural resources shall establish an "acquire a park" program toencourage state residents to assist in the acquisition of lands for the statepark system through the condemnation of private lands.  As part of thisprogram, the chairperson shall identify and provide a description of proposedparks to be acquired by the State and advertise this information in newspapersof general circulation in the State and in the county in which the proposedpark is to be situated, as well as other appropriate broadcast and electronicmedia, including the Internet.

(f)  The chairperson of the board of land andnatural resources, with the assistance of the director of taxation, shall adoptrules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section. [L 1997, c 242, §2]