PUBLIC Law Chapter 695

	1.__Established.__There is established the ATV Enforcement
Grant and Aid Program.__Grants from the program are for the sole
purpose of maintaining, improving and expanding ATV enforcement
and training for state, county and municipal enforcement officers
in accordance with this subchapter. The grant committee may also,
as part of the program, receive and disburse aid in the form of
materials or equipment pursuant to section 10324, subsection 5.

2. Fund.__The ATV Enforcement Grant Program Fund, referred to
in this section as "the fund," is established within the
department to be used for the program in accordance with this
subchapter.__The fund consists of revenues deposited in the fund
pursuant to Title 36, section 2903-D, subsection 3, any other
funds appropriated or allocated for inclusion in the fund, from
whatever source, and any other money available for deposit in the
fund, including any federal funds or other public funds or any
donations made to the fund.__The board may apply for federal or
other funds that may be available for the purposes of the
program.__The fund is nonlapsing and any balance remaining in the
fund at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward to the
next fiscal year. The fund may be used to pay for administrative
expenses associated with the work of the grant committee pursuant
to this subchapter, including the costs of the ATV grant
coordinator.

3.__Relation to other funding.__Grants from the program
supplement any other sources or levels of funding appropriated or
allocated by the Legislature.

4.__Grant availability.__Grants from the program are available
to law enforcement agencies in accordance with this subchapter.

5.__Grant administration.__The ATV Enforcement Grant Review
Committee shall administer the fund and the program.

§10323. Grant expenditures; distribution

1.__Generally.__The grant committee shall make grants to law
enforcement agencies for projects found consistent with the
criteria established pursuant to section 10325.

2. Grant categories.__Except as otherwise provided in this
subchapter, the grant committee shall distribute grant money in
accordance with this subsection.__For purposes of this section,
"category funds" means money in the fund other than money used
for administrative expenses and other than funds carried forward
in accordance with subsection 3.__ The grant committee shall
annually make available for grants category funds in the
following percentages for the following categorical purposes:

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