81-3524.

Geologists Regulation Fund; created; use; investment.

The Geologists Regulation Fund is created. The secretary of the board shall receive and account for all money derived from the operation of the Geologists Regulation Act. The board shall remit the money to the State Treasurer for credit to the Geologists Regulation Fund, which shall be continued from year to year and shall be drawn against only as provided for in this section and, when reappropriated for the succeeding biennium, shall not revert to the General Fund. All expenses certified by the board as properly and necessarily incurred in the discharge of duties, including compensation and administrative staff, and any expense incident to the administration of the act relating to other states, shall be paid out of the fund. Warrants for the payment of expenses shall be issued by the Director of Administrative Services and paid by the State Treasurer upon presentation of vouchers regularly drawn by the chairperson and secretary of the board and approved by the board. At no time shall the total amount of warrants exceed the total amount of the fees collected under the act and to the credit of the fund. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Geologists Regulation Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.