§33-5-68. Application fee; retention by Department of Public Safety.

(a) Every applicant for an original boater safety certification shall be required to pay an application fee of five dollars ($5) to the Department of Public Safety upon applying to the officer, state trooper, or duly authorized agent of the Director of Public Safety, or to one of them where there is more than one designated by the Director of Public Safety, to conduct examinations in the county of the applicant's residence. The five dollar ($5) application fee shall be required prior to the issuance of each certification of examination or exemption from examination.

(b) The Department of Public Safety shall issue proper receipts for the application fee. The application fees are appropriated on a continuous basis to the Department of Public Safety, and shall be retained by the department and utilized for boating safety or law enforcement purposes and shall not revert to the State General Fund at the end of each fiscal year.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §21.)