Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) All
wildlife expo permit application handling fee revenue generated by the
conservation organization under
R657-55-5(2)
will be deposited in a separate, federally insured account to prevent
commingling with any other funds.
(b) Interest earned on the portion of
application handling fee revenue retained by the conservation organization for
administrative expenses under Subsection (2) may be retained and used by the
conservation organization.
(c)
Interest earned on the portion of application handling fee revenue committed to
fund wildlife conservation projects under Subsection (3) shall be used by the
conservation organization to fund approved wildlife conservation
projects.
(2) The
conservation organization may retain up to $3.50 of each $5.00 application
handling fee for administrative expenses, unless the conservation organization
pledges a greater percentage of the application handling fee to wildlife
conservation in:
(a) its response to the
request for proposal; or
(b) the
expo contract with the division.
(3) The remaining balance of each $5.00
application handling fee and accrued interest, less standard banking fees
assessed on the account where the funding is deposited, will be used by the
conservation organization to fund projects advancing wildlife interests in the
state, subject to the following:
(a) project
funding will not be committed to or expended on any project without first
obtaining the division director's written approval;
(b) cash donations to the Wildlife Habitat
Account created under Section
23-19-43
or Division Species Enhancement Funds are authorized projects that do not
require the division director's approval; and
(c) application handling fee revenue
dedicated to funding projects must be completely expended on approved projects
or transferred to the division by August 1st, two
years following the year in which the application handling fee revenue is
collected.
(4)
Application handling fee revenue committed to division-approved projects will
be transferred by the conservation organization to the division with in 60 days
of being invoiced by the division.
(a) If the
division-approved project to which funds are committed is completed under
projected budget or canceled, funds committed to the project that are not used
will be kept by the division and credited back to the conservation organization
and made available for the group to use on other approved projects during the
current or subsequent year.
(5) All records and receipts for projects
under Subsection (3) must be retained by the conservation organization for a
period not less than five years, and shall be produced to the division for
inspection upon request.
(6) The
conservation organization shall submit a report to the division and Wildlife
Board each year by August 1st that accounts for and
documents the following:
(a) gross revenue
generated from collecting $5 wildlife expo permit application handling
fees;
(b) total amount of
application handling fee revenue retained for administrative expenses;
and
(c) total amount of application
handling fee revenue set aside and dedicated to funding projects, including
bank statements showing account balances.
(7) A partner organization that individually
receives application handling fee revenue from the expo permit drawing pursuant
to a co-participant contract with the conservation organization, is subject to
the provisions in Subsections (1) through (6).
