20-9-622. Guarantee account. (1) There is a guarantee account in a subfund of the state special revenue fund. The guarantee account is intended to:
     (a) stabilize the long-term growth of the permanent fund; and
     (b) maintain a constant and increasing distributable revenue stream. All realized capital gains and all distributable revenue must be deposited in the guarantee account. Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the guarantee account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, for distribution to school districts through school equalization aid as provided in 20-9-343.
     (2) As long as a portion of the coal severance tax loan authorized in section 8, Chapter 418, Laws of 2001, is outstanding, the department of natural resources and conservation shall annually transfer from the guarantee account to the general fund an amount that represents the amount of interest income that would be earned from the investment of the amount of the loan that is outstanding in the prior year.
     (3) The revenue distributed through 20-9-534 must be used for the purposes of 20-9-533.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 418, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9(2), Ch. 554, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 10, Sp. L. August 2002.