[§200-8]  Boating program; payment of
costs.  The cost of administering a comprehensive statewide boating
program, including, but not limited to, the cost of:



(1)  Operating, maintaining, and managing all boating
facilities under the control of the department;



(2)  Improving boating safety;



(3)  Operating a vessel registration and boating
casualty investigation and reporting system; and



(4)  Other boating program activities,



shall be paid from the boating special fund.  The
amortization (principal and interest) of the costs of capital improvements for
boating facilities appropriated after July 1, 1975, including, but not
limited to, berths, slips, ramps, related accommodations, general navigation
channels, breakwaters, aids to navigation, and other harbor structures, may be
paid from the boating special fund or from general revenues as the legislature
may authorize in each situation.  Revenues provided in this chapter for the
boating special fund shall be at least sufficient to pay the special fund costs
established in this section. [L 1991, c 272, pt of §2]