(1) The secretary of the Game and Parks Commission shall remit all money received by him or her from the sale of habitat stamps, or from others authorized to sell habitat stamps, to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Habitat Fund. The Nebraska Habitat Fund is created. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. No expenditure shall be made from the Nebraska Habitat Fund until the commission has presented a habitat plan to the Committee on Appropriations of the Legislature for its approval.
(2) The secretary of the commission shall remit all money received by him or her from the sale of aquatic habitat stamps, or from others authorized to sell aquatic habitat stamps, to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund. The Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund is created. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. No expenditure shall be made from the Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund until the commission has presented a habitat plan to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the Legislature for their approval.
(3) The secretary of the commission and any county clerk or public official designated to sell habitat stamps or aquatic habitat stamps shall be liable upon their official bonds for failure to remit the money from the sale of the stamps, as required by sections 37-216.01 to 37-216.09, coming into their hands. Any other
person, firm, or corporation who receives stamp fees and who fails to remit the same to the commission in accordance with its rules and such sections after demand is made for the same shall be liable to suit by the commission in double the amount of the funds wrongfully withheld and shall further be liable criminally for embezzlement.
