Fees remitted to commission — appropriation — trail equipment donation.

(1) A county recorder or license agent shall remit to the commission the snowmobile fees collected by the recorder or license agent in the manner and time prescribed by the department.

(2) The department shall remit the fees, including nonresident user permit fees collected pursuant to section 321G.4B, to the treasurer of state, who shall place the money in a special snowmobile fund. The money is appropriated to the department for the snowmobile programs of the state. The programs must include grants, subgrants, contracts, or cost-sharing of snowmobile programs with political subdivisions or incorporated private organizations or both, which may include the purchase, ownership, and maintenance of trail grooming equipment, in accordance with rules adopted by the commission. Snowmobile fees may be used to support snowmobile programs on a usage basis. At least seventy percent of the special fund shall be available for political subdivisions or incorporated private organizations, or both. Moneys from the special fund not used by the political subdivisions or incorporated private organizations, or both, shall remain in the fund and may be used by the department for the administration of the snowmobile programs. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the special fund shall not revert to the general fund of the state at the end of a fiscal year. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the special fund shall remain in the fund.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may donate trail grooming equipment owned by the department to a political subdivision or incorporated private organization receiving moneys from the fund after the useful life of the trail grooming equipment to the department has expired.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §321G.7; 81 Acts, ch 113, §6]89 Acts, ch 102, §2; 89 Acts, ch 244, §12; 2004 Acts, ch 1132, §8; 2005 Acts, ch 138, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 141, §9; 2012 Acts, ch 1100, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 40, §2, 3; 2024 Acts, ch 1093, §7