§34-22-24. Disposition of fees.

All fees received by the board for examinations, annual renewal registrations, or from any other source shall be utilized in regulating the practice of optometry and paying the expenses of the board, including necessary clerk hire, legal expenses, and per diem and expenses of the members of the board as herein provided. Should the funds in the hands of the board at the end of any fiscal year (October 1) be more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), the excess of this amount shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of a special trust fund which shall be spent solely for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a college of optometry at the University of Alabama, in Birmingham, equipping of facilities, student scholarships and loans, faculty salaries and endowments, continuing education, and research grants.

(Acts 1975, No. 1148, p. 2257, §14; Acts 1989, No. 89-233, p. 288, §3; Act 2001-270, p. 329, §3.)