(a) Every electronic application for a hunting or fishing
license shall include a solicitation for a voluntary donation to the West
Virginia University Rifle Team.
(b) The license applicant will be offered an opportunity to
designate a donation in any amount to the West Virginia University Rifle Team.
The Director of the Division of Natural Resources shall deposit any donations
made by an applicant to the special revenue account created in subsection (c)
of this section.
(c) There is created in the State Treasury a special
revenue fund known as the West Virginia University Rifle Team Program Fund. The
fund shall be comprised of all moneys donated through an electronic application
for a hunting or fishing license as authorized by this section, any moneys
appropriated by the Legislature, and any income from the investment of money
held in the fund. The fund shall operate as a special revenue fund and all
deposits and payments into the fund do not expire to the General Revenue Fund
but shall remain in the account and be available for expenditure in succeeding
fiscal years.
(d)
Expenditures from the West Virginia University Rifle Team Program Fund shall be
for the purposes set forth in this section. The moneys in the West Virginia
University Rifle Team Program Fund will be paid out at least annually by the
Director of the Division of Natural Resources to the West Virginia
University Rifle Team Account: Provided, That
the Division of Natural Resources shall deduct no more than five percent of
donations derived under this section as an administrative fee to recover
processing costs prior to transferring any money to the West Virginia
University Rifle Team Account: Provided, however, That
the Division of Natural Resources is absolved of all responsibilities
established pursuant to this section if the West Virginia University Rifle Team
ceases to exist.
(e) The Division of Natural
Resources shall, following the close of each fiscal year for the two years
following the creation of the fund, prepare an annual report detailing the
categories of expenditures from the West Virginia University Rifle Team Program
Fund and listing all sources of revenue as well as a closing balance for the
year. The report shall be submitted in an electronic format to the Joint
Committee on Government and Finance no later than eight weeks after the close
of the fiscal year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a program
to raise voluntary donations to the West Virginia University Rifle Team by
including the option on an electronic application for hunting or fishing license.
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