1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the “Residential Mortgage Licensing Fund” which shall be used, upon appropriation by the general assembly, for all costs incurred by the director in administering the provisions of sections 443.701 to 443.893. The director shall transmit all fees received by the director pursuant to sections 443.701 to 443.893 to the director of revenue for deposit in an interest-bearing account in the state treasury to the credit of the residential mortgage licensing fund. Any interest earned on the money in this fund shall be credited to the residential mortgage licensing fund.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds three times the amount of the appropriations from the residential mortgage licensing fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the residential mortgage licensing fund for the preceding fiscal years.