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(a) The director shall promptly transmit
to the state treasurer all moneys received by him, from the sale of hunting,
fishing and trapping licenses, tags and permits or from any other source
connected with the administration of the provisions of the Idaho fish and game
code or any law or regulation for the protection of wildlife, including moneys
received from the sale of predatory animal furs taken under the provisions of
this chapter, and the state treasurer shall deposit all such moneys in the
fish and game account, which is hereby established, reserved, set aside,
appropriated in the state treasury, and made available until expended as may
be directed by the commission in carrying out the purposes of the Idaho fish
and game code or any law or regulation promulgated for the protection of
wildlife, and shall be used for no other purpose. Pending expenditure or use,
surplus moneys in the fish and game account shall be invested by the state
treasurer in the manner provided for idle state moneys in the state treasury
by section 67-1210, Idaho Code. Interest received on all such investments
shall be paid into the account. The state controller shall annually, by August
1 of each year, transfer the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
from the fish and game account to the University of Idaho Caine Veterinary
Teaching and Research Center for disease research regarding the interaction of
disease between wildlife and domestic livestock. Said moneys shall be expended
on projects agreed upon by the University of Idaho Caine Veterinary Teaching
and Research Center and the state wildlife veterinarian.
(b) The commission shall govern the financial policies of the department
and shall, as provided by law, fix the budget for the operation and
maintenance of its work for each fiscal year. Said budget shall not be
exceeded by the director.
(c) The sum of two dollars ($2.00) from each license authorized in
sections 36-406(a) and 36-407(b), Idaho Code, which entitle a person to fish,
shall be used for the construction, repair, or rehabilitation of state fish
hatcheries, fishing lakes, or reservoirs.
(d) The department is authorized to expend up to one dollar and fifty
cents ($1.50) from each resident deer and elk tag sold and five dollars
($5.00) from each nonresident deer and elk tag sold to fund the department's
big game landowner-sportsman's relations program.

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