§195F-4  Forest stewardship fund.  (a) There is established a special fund within the state treasury known as theforest stewardship fund which shall be used as follows:

(1)  Payments shall be made by the board pursuant toagreements entered into with qualified landowners to further the purposes ofthis chapter;

(2)  Moneys collected from:

(A)  The harvest of non-native forest productsfrom forest reserves;

(B)  The harvest of native forest products fromdegraded forests as defined in section 186-5.5, within forest reserves;

(C)  The sale of forest products found dead andlying on the ground;

(D)  The sale of tree seedlings from statenurseries;

(E)  The sale of any other products orservices, or anything of value derived from forest reserves not describedabove; or

(F)  The imposition of fines or penalties forviolations of this chapter and chapters 183 and 185 or any rule adoptedthereunder;

shall be used for:  (i) replanting,managing, and maintaining designated timber management areas; (ii) enhancingthe management of public forest reserves with an emphasis on restoring degradedkoa forests; and (iii) developing environmental education and training programspertaining to sustainable forestry; provided that the activities described inclauses (ii) and (iii) may not be funded unless the activities described inapproved management plans pertaining to clause (i) are adequately funded; and

(3)  Moneys deposited into the fund as authorized bysection 247-7 may also be used by the department to administer the program andmanage the forest reserve system.

(b)  The fund shall consist of moneys receivedfrom any public or private sources.  The fund shall be held separate and apartfrom all other moneys, funds, and accounts in the state treasury; provided thatany moneys received from the federal government or from private contributionsshall be deposited and accounted for in accordance with conditions establishedby the agencies or persons from whom the moneys are received.

Investment earnings credited to the fund shallbecome a part of the assets of the fund.  Any balance remaining in the fund atthe end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the nextfiscal year. [L 1991, c 327, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 144, §4; am L 2001, c 152,§1; am L 2006, c 174, §5; am L 2007, c 9, §9]

 

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Transfer ofcertain interest earnings to general fund until June 30, 2015. L 2009, c 79,§30(a)(11).