67-1-301. (Temporary) Money -- receipt and disbursement. (1) All costs and expenses of administering this title, including the salaries of employees of the department engaged in functions pertaining to aeronautics, the expenses of members of the board, and all other disbursements necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, must be paid out of the following revenue:
     (a) all gifts and all legislative appropriations to the department for aeronautics;
     (b) all money received from any branch or department of the federal government or from other sources for the purposes mentioned in this title or for the furtherance of aeronautics generally in this state.
     (2) All money collected under subsection (1) must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department.
     (3) When the airport loan program is terminated, any balance of the bond proceeds that is not loaned must remain in the state special revenue fund to be invested, and the income must be used to retire the outstanding debt on the remaining bond proceeds.
     (4) (a) The following amounts must be deposited from the proceeds of the 3-cent-per-gallon tax imposed on aviation fuel by 15-70-204(1):
     (i) in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department, an amount equal to the proceeds of 1 cent a gallon collected under 15-70-204(1) for the sole purpose of carrying out its functions pertaining to aeronautics;
     (ii) in the aeronautical loan account created in 67-1-305 to the credit of the department, an amount equal to the proceeds of 1 cent a gallon for loans to local governments and state agencies; and
     (iii) in a separate account in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department, an amount equal to the proceeds of 1 cent a gallon to provide grants to municipalities for airport development or improvement programs and to provide navigational aids, safety improvements, weather reporting services, and other aeronautical services for airports and landing fields and for the state's airways.
     (b) Money deposited in the account created in 67-1-305 may, with the approval of the board, be used only to provide loans to local governments and state agencies for aeronautical purposes, including airport improvement. The board shall establish procedures, including the interest rate charged, for providing loans. Proceeds of all repayments of loans, including interest, made under this subsection (b) must be deposited in the account created in 67-1-305.
     (c) Money deposited in the separate account established in subsection (4)(a)(iii) may, with the approval of the board, be used only to provide grants to municipalities for airport development or improvement programs and to provide navigational aids, safety improvements, weather reporting services, and other aeronautical services for airports and landing fields and for the state's airways. The board shall establish procedures for the awarding of grants.
     (5) Except as provided in 15-70-221, the gasoline license tax imposed by the laws of this state on aviation fuel purchased and used for the operation of airplanes or aircraft may not be refunded. (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 17, Ch. 642, L. 1993.)

     67-1-301. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Money -- receipt and disbursement. (1) All costs and expenses of administering this title, including the salaries of employees of the department engaged in functions pertaining to aeronautics, the expenses of members of the board, and all other disbursements necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, must be paid out of the following revenue:
     (a) all gifts and all legislative appropriations to the department for aeronautics;
     (b) all money received from any branch or department of the federal government or from other sources for the purposes mentioned in this title or for the furtherance of aeronautics generally in this state.
     (2) All money collected under subsection (1) must be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department.
     (3) When the airport loan program is terminated, any balance of the bond proceeds that is not loaned must remain in the state special revenue fund to be invested, and the income must be used to retire the outstanding debt on the remaining bond proceeds.
     (4) (a) The following amounts must be deposited from the proceeds of the 2-cent-per-gallon tax imposed on aviation fuel by 15-70-204(1):
     (i) in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department, an amount equal to the proceeds of 1 cent a gallon collected under 15-70-204(1) for the sole purpose of carrying out its functions pertaining to aeronautics; and
     (ii) in a separate account in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department, an amount equal to the proceeds of 1 cent a gallon for grants to municipalities and for other aeronautical purposes as provided in subsection (4)(b).
     (b) Money deposited in the separate account established in subsection (4)(a)(ii) may, with the approval of the board, be used only to provide grants to municipalities for airport development or improvement programs and to provide navigational aids, safety improvements, weather reporting services, and other aeronautical services for airports and landing fields and for the state's airways. The board shall establish procedures for the awarding of grants.
     (5) Except as provided in 15-70-221, the gasoline license tax imposed by the laws of this state on aviation fuel purchased and used for the operation of airplanes or aircraft may not be refunded.

     History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 152, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 120, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 220, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 213, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 1-501; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 654, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 676, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 41, L. 1987; amd. Secs. 10, 12, Ch. 642, L. 1993.