§247-7  Disposition of taxes.  All taxescollected under this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury to thecredit of the general fund of the State, to be used and expended for thepurposes for which the general fund was created and exists by law; providedthat of the taxes collected each fiscal year:

(1)  Ten per cent shall be paid into the landconservation fund established pursuant to section 173A-5;

(2)  Twenty-five per cent from July 1, 2009, untilJune 30, 2012, and thirty per cent in each fiscal year thereafter shall be paidinto the rental housing trust fund established by section 201H-202; and

(3)  Twenty per cent from July 1, 2009, until June 30,2012, and twenty-five per cent in each fiscal year thereafter shall be paidinto the natural area reserve fund established by section 195-9; provided thatthe funds paid into the natural area reserve fund shall be annually disbursedby the department of land and natural resources in the following priority:

(A)  To natural area partnership and foreststewardship programs after joint consultation with the forest stewardshipcommittee and the natural area reserves system commission;

(B)  Projects undertaken in accordance withwatershed management plans pursuant to section 171-58 or watershed managementplans negotiated with private landowners, and management of the natural areareserves system pursuant to section 195-3; and

(C)  The youth conservation corps establishedunder chapter 193. [L 1966, c 10, pt of §1; HRS §247-7; am L 1993, c 195, §5;am L 1997, c 350, §11; am L 1998, c 170, §§2, 6; am L 1999, c 133, §2; am L2000, c 269, §§2, 3; am L 2001, c 268, §2; am L 2005, c 156, §8; am L 2006, c100, §§21, 30; am L 2007, c 222, §§3, 4 and c 249, §§19, 52; am L 2009, c 59,§4]