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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  452A.83  TRANSFER TO SPECIAL
  1  2 CONSERVATION FUND.
  1  3    Notwithstanding section 452A.79, unnumbered paragraph 1,
  1  4 and prior to the crediting of the revenue to the road use tax
  1  5 fund under section 452A.79, unnumbered paragraph 1, the
  1  6 treasurer of state shall credit to the special conservation
  1  7 fund created under section 321G.7, that portion of the moneys
  1  8 collected under this chapter which is attributable to motor
  1  9 fuel used in snowmobiles, which the treasurer shall compute as
  1 10 follows:
  1 11    1.  Determine annually, during the first full business week
  1 12 in April, the total number of snowmobiles which are registered
  1 13 in the state.
  1 14    2.  Multiply the product of the total number of registered
  1 15 snowmobiles and eighty-eight and seven-tenths gallons times
  1 16 the amount of the excise tax charged per gallon of motor fuel
  1 17 to obtain the total amount of excise tax paid on snowmobile
  1 18 fuel.
  1 19    3.  Subtract from the total amount of excise tax paid on
  1 20 snowmobile fuel an amount which represents three percent of
  1 21 the total tax paid on snowmobile fuel, for payment of
  1 22 administrative costs, which shall be allocated to the
  1 23 department of natural resources for administration of
  1 24 snowmobile programs.  All remaining moneys shall be
  1 25 transferred to the special conservation fund for use in
  1 26 snowmobile programs in the manner provided under section
  1 27 321G.7.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill causes the revenue generated from the imposition
  1 30 of the excise tax on the motor fuel used by snowmobiles to be
  1 31 deposited in the special conservation fund for use by the
  1 32 department of natural resources for snowmobile programs.
  1 33 Snowmobile programs are currently funded through snowmobile
  1 34 registration fees.  The funds that are generated by the excise
  1 35 tax on snowmobile motor fuel are currently being deposited in
  2  1 the motor fuel tax fund.  A formula for calculation of the
  2  2 amount of revenue attributable to motor fuel consumption by
  2  3 snowmobiles is also contained in the bill.  
  2  4 LSB 2062YH 77
  2  5 mk/sc/14.1
     

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