§342H-10.5  Disposition of collectedfines and penalties.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, finesand penalties collected under sections 342H-9 and 342H-10 shall be depositedinto the environmental response revolving fund established by section 128D-2. Where a county individually, or the State and a county jointly, initiates andconducts an investigation resulting in the imposition and collection of a fineor penalty, pursuant to section 342H-30(c), the fine or penalty shall bedistributed as follows:

(1)  One half to the department of the county whoseofficers or employees initiated and conducted the investigation; and

(2)  One half to the environmental response revolvingfund established in section 128D-2. [L 1991, c 157, §4; am L 1994, c 210, §4]