(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund.
(2) All revenues collected in pursuit of the department's efforts in relation to plant health, pest control, and environmental protection shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund. The commission may establish a fee schedule to cover the direct and indirect costs of the collection and distribution of beneficial insects.
(3) The plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund shall consist of any fees, fines, or penalties collected pursuant to articles 4, 9, 10, 11, 11.5, 25, 26, 27, and 27.5 of this title; any fees, fines, or penalties collected pursuant to article 8 of title 25, C.R.S.; any fees collected under article 12 of this title for the purpose of funding groundwater protection activities; and all revenues collected in pursuit of the department's efforts to conduct biological pest control. The moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the direct and indirect costs of implementing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of articles 4, 9, 10, 11, 11.5, 25, 26, 27, and 27.5 of this title and of article 8 of title 25, C.R.S.; except that any appropriation for the indirect costs of issuing chemigation permits pursuant to section 35-11-106 shall not exceed the amount specified in section 35-11-106 (3)(b). Any moneys from the fund that are allocated for biological pest control shall supplement any general fund moneys appropriated for that purpose.
(4) All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of each fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
(5) In accordance with section 24-75-402 (3)(c), C.R.S., the alternative maximum reserve for the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund is fifty percent of the amount expended from the fund during each fiscal year.
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