(1) The ballast water management account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, penalties, and fees received under this chapter must be deposited into the account.

     (2) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only to carry out the purposes of this chapter or support the goals of this chapter through research and monitoring except:

     (a) Expenditures may not be used for the salaries of permanent department employees; and

     (b) Penalties deposited into the account may be used only to support basic and applied research and carry out education and outreach related to the state's ballast water management.

[2009 c 333 § 27; 2007 c 350 § 14.]