(1) After deduction of the cost of administration of the salmon registration plate program, moneys from the surcharge imposed by ORS § 805.255 shall be transferred and appropriated as follows:

(a) Half of the moneys shall be transferred to the Watershed Conservation Grant Fund and used only for funding projects under ORS § 541.956 to:

(A) Protect or restore native salmon habitat; or

(B) Restore natural watershed or ecosystem functions by removing artificial obstructions to native salmon migration.

(b) Half of the moneys shall be transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund established under ORS § 390.134 and continuously appropriated for the purposes described in ORS § 390.134 (4).

(2) As used in this section, ‘the cost of administration of the salmon registration plate program’ is the sum of all Department of Transportation expenses for the issuance or transfer of salmon registration plates under ORS § 805.255 that are above the normal costs of issuing, renewing and transferring registration plates in the normal course of the business of the department. These expenses include, but are not limited to, the costs of collecting the salmon registration plate surcharge and transferring salmon registration plates. [1997 c.672 § 7; 2003 c.14 § 465; 2009 c.21 § 37; 2011 c.643 § 19; 2015 c.742 § 1]

(Cultural Registration Plate)