License fees collected from animal care businesses go into a special fund called the Animal Care Reserve Fund. That money is used by the Department of Agriculture to run the animal care licensing program. Unlike most state funds, this money does not get moved into the general state fund at the end of a two-year budget period — it stays in the Animal Care Reserve Fund.
273.357. Animal care created — all fees to be deposited in fund — purpose and uses — to , prohibited. — All fees collected by the from licenses issued under sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall be used to the of sections 273.325 to 273.357, and shall be deposited in the to the of the "Animal Care Reserve Fund", which is hereby created. All moneys deposited in the animal care reserve fund shall be subject to for the use and of the of agriculture to administer the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357. the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the animal care reserve fund shall not be transferred to the at the end of the .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 6)
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