§321-234  Emergency medical services special
fund.  (a)  There is established within the state treasury a special fund
to be known as the emergency medical services special fund to be administered
and expended by the department.



(b)  The moneys in the special fund shall be
used by the department for operating a state comprehensive emergency medical
services system including enhanced and expanded services, and shall not be used
to supplant funding for emergency medical services authorized prior to [July 1,
2004].



(c)  Fees remitted pursuant to section 249-31,
cigarette tax revenues designated under section 245-15, interest and investment
earnings attributable to the moneys in the special fund, legislative
appropriations, and grants, donations, and contributions from private or public
sources for the purposes of the fund, shall be deposited into the special fund.



(d)  The department shall submit an annual
report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session that outlines the receipts of, and expenditures from, the
special fund. [L 2004, c 158, §2; am L 2006, c 316, §6]