15-1-122. Fund transfers. (1) There is transferred from the state general fund to the adoption services account, provided for in 42-2-105, $36,764 for fiscal year 2003. Beginning with fiscal year 2004, the amount of the transfer must be increased by 10% in each succeeding fiscal year.
     (2) There is transferred from the state general fund to the department of transportation state special revenue nonrestricted account the following amounts:
     (a) $75,000 in fiscal year 2003;
     (b) $0 in fiscal years 2004 and 2005;
     (c) $3,050,205 in fiscal year 2006; and
     (d) in each succeeding fiscal year, the amount in subsection (2)(c), increased by 1.5% in each succeeding fiscal year.
     (3) For each fiscal year, there is transferred from the state general fund to the accounts, entities, or recipients indicated the following amounts:
     (a) to the motor vehicle recycling and disposal program provided for in Title 75, chapter 10, part 5:
     (i) $2 for each new application for a motor vehicle title and for each transfer of a motor vehicle title for which a fee is paid pursuant to 61-3-203; and
     (ii) $1 for each passenger car or truck under 8,001 pounds GVW that is registered for licensing pursuant to Title 61, chapter 3, part 3, and $5 for each permanently registered light vehicle. Fifteen cents of each dollar must be used for the purpose of reimbursing the hired removal of abandoned vehicles during the calendar year following the calendar year in which the fee was paid. Any portion of the 15 cents not used for abandoned vehicle removal reimbursement during the calendar year following its payment must be used as provided in 75-10-532.
     (b) to the noxious weed state special revenue account provided for in 80-7-816:
     (i) $1 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $2.75 for each off-highway vehicle for which the fee in lieu of tax is paid, as provided for in 23-2-803; and
     (ii) for vehicles registered or reregistered pursuant to 61-3-321:
     (A) $1.50 for each registered light vehicle, truck or bus weighing less than 1 ton, logging truck, vehicle weighing more than 1 ton, and motor home; and
     (B) $1.50 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $3.65 for each motorcycle and quadricycle; and
     (C) $7.50 for each permanently registered light vehicle;
     (c) to the department of fish, wildlife, and parks:
     (i) $2.50 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $14.50 for each motorboat, sailboat, or personal watercraft receiving a certificate of number under 23-2-512, with 20% of the amount received to be used to acquire and maintain pumpout equipment and other boat facilities;
     (ii) $5 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $19 for each snowmobile registered under 23-2-616, with 50% of the amount to be used for enforcing the purposes of 23-2-601, 23-2-602, 23-2-611, 23-2-614 through 23-2-619, 23-2-621, 23-2-622, 23-2-626, 23-2-631 through 23-2-635, and 23-2-641 through 23-2-644 and 50% of the amount designated for use in the development, maintenance, and operation of snowmobile facilities;
     (iii) $1 for each duplicate snowmobile registration decal issued under 23-2-617;
     (iv) $5 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $13.25 for each off-highway vehicle decal issued under 23-2-804 and each off-highway vehicle duplicate decal issued under 23-2-809, with 40% of the money used to enforce the provisions of 23-2-804 and 60% of the money used to develop and implement a comprehensive program and to plan appropriate off-highway vehicle recreational use;
     (v) to the state special revenue fund established in 23-1-105, $3.50 in fiscal year 2006 and, in each subsequent year, $8 for each recreational vehicle, motor home, and travel trailer registered or reregistered and subject to the fee in 61-3-321;
     (vi) an amount equal to 20% of the funds collected pursuant to 23-2-518 to be deposited in the motorboat account to be used as provided in 23-2-533; and
     (vii) to the state special revenue fund established in 23-1-105, $4 for each passenger car or truck under 8,001 pounds GVW registered for licensing pursuant to 61-3-321(11)(a), with $3.50 of the money used for state parks, 25 cents used for fishing access sites, and 25 cents used for the operation of state-owned facilities at Virginia City and Nevada City;
     (d) to the state veterans' cemetery account, provided for in 10-2-603, $10 for each veteran's license plate subject to the fee in 61-3-459;
     (e) to the supplemental benefits for highway patrol officers' retirement account provided for in 19-6-709, 25 cents for each motor vehicle registered, other than:
     (i) trailers or semitrailers registered in other jurisdictions and registered through a proportional registration agreement; and
     (ii) vehicles registered under 61-3-527, 61-3-530, and 61-3-562;
     (f) 25 cents a year for each registered vehicle and $1.25 for each permanently registered vehicle subject to the fee in 61-3-321(6) for deposit in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the senior citizens and persons with disabilities transportation services account provided for in 7-14-112;
     (g) to the search and rescue account provided for in 10-3-801:
     (i) $2 a year for each vessel [subject to the search and rescue surcharge] in 23-2-517;
     (ii) $2 a year for each snowmobile [subject to the search and rescue surcharge] in 23-2-615(1)(b) and 23-2-616(3); and
     (iii) $2 a year for each off-highway vehicle [subject to the search and rescue surcharge] in 23-2-803; and
     (h) 50 cents a year for each vehicle subject to the fee in 61-3-321(7) for deposit in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the veterans' services account provided for in 10-2-112(1).
     (4) For each fiscal year, the department of justice shall provide to the department of revenue a count of the vehicles required for the calculations in subsection (3). The department of justice shall provide a separate count of vehicles that are permanently registered pursuant to 61-3-562. A permanently registered vehicle may be included in vehicle counts only in the year in which the vehicle is registered or reregistered. Transfer amounts in each fiscal year must be based on vehicle counts in the most recent calendar year for which vehicle information is available. Vehicles that are permanently registered may be included in vehicle counts only in the year in which the vehicles are registered by new owners.
     (5) The amounts transferred from the general fund to the designated recipient must be appropriated as state special revenue in the general appropriations act for the designated purposes.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 574, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, Sp. L. August 2002; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 399, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 477, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 491, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 534, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 47(3)(a), Ch. 592, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 601, L. 2003.