(a) Every applicant for an original boater safety certification shall be required to pay an application fee of five dollars ($5) to the secretary upon applying to the person designated by the secretary 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.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-5-68

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The secretary shall issue proper receipts for the application fee. The application fees are appropriated on a continuous basis to ALEA 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.