§ 65-1,231 — Environmental use control fund

Kansas § 65-1,231

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 65: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Art. 1: SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES

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(a) There is established in the state treasury the environmental use control fund. Moneys from the following sources shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the fund:
(1) Moneys collected from the environmental use control one-time payments and long term care agreement reimbursements;
(2) moneys received by the secretary in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements or appropriations from any source intended to be used for purposes of the fund; and
(3) interest attributable to the investment of moneys in the fund.
(b) Moneys in the environmental use control fund shall be expended only for costs of:
(1) Review of environmental use control applications;
(2) oversight of remedial projects which include an environmental use control as an element of their remedy, including inspections, monitoring and tracking of the environmental use control;
(3) activities performed by the department to address immediate or emergency threats to human health or the environment related to properties subject to environmental use controls;
(4) development, operation and maintenance of the environmental use control tracking system; and
(5) administration and enforcement of the provisions of this act.
(c) On or before the 10 th of each month, the director of accounts and reports shall transfer from the state general fund to the environmental use control fund interest earnings based on:
(1) The average daily balance of moneys in the environmental use control fund for the preceding month; and
(2) the net earnings rate of the pooled money investment portfolio for the preceding month.
(d) All expenditures from the environmental use control fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary or the secretary's designee for purposes set forth in this section.

Legislative History

L. 2003, ch. 130, § 11; July 1.