34A-2B-2. Environmental livestock cleanup fund--Sources of funding. There is hereby established in the state treasury an operating fund to be known as the environmental livestock cleanup fund for the purpose of providing funds for the cleanup of discharges as defined in § 34A-2B-1. Money from the following sources shall be deposited into the environmental livestock cleanup fund:
(1) Money, other than criminal fines assessed in criminal actions, recovered by the state from any livestock operation in any action or administrative proceeding based upon violation of the state's environmental statutes in Title 34A or upon damage to the environment, including actions for administrative expense recoveries, civil penalties, compensatory damages, and money paid pursuant to any agreement, stipulation, or settlement in such actions or proceedings;
(2) Interest attributable to investment of the money in the fund; and
(3) Money received by the department in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of the environmental livestock cleanup fund.
All money in the environmental livestock cleanup fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in § 34A-2B-3. All money received by the department for the environmental livestock cleanup fund shall be set forth in an informational budget pursuant to § 4-7-7.2 and be annually reviewed by the Legislature.
Source: SL 1998, ch 216, § 3.
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