§342H-10.5 Disposition of collected fines and penalties. Except as otherwise provided in this section, fines and penalties collected under sections 342H-9 and 342H-10 shall be deposited into the environmental response revolving fund established by section 128D-2. Where a county individually, or the State and a county jointly, initiates and conducts an investigation resulting in the imposition and collection of a fine or penalty, pursuant to section 342H-30(c), the fine or penalty shall be distributed as follows:
(1) One half to the department of the county whose officers or employees initiated and conducted the investigation; and
(2) One half to the environmental response revolving fund established in section 128D-2. [L 1991, c 157, §4; am L 1994, c 210, §4]