A. Monies received pursuant to § 5-572 (part of state lottery fund to Arizona game and fish commission heritage fund) shall be spent as follows: . . 2. Sixty percent on the identification, inventory, acquisition, protection and management, including maintenance and operations, of property with sensitive habitat. At least twenty percent of the monies available under this paragraph shall be spent to acquire property with sensitive habitat used by endangered, threatened and candidate species. Not more than twenty percent of the monies available under this paragraph may be spent on the operation and maintenance of the acquired property, including the acquired property's infrastructure. The commission may dispose of any lands acquired for use as habitat by an endangered, threatened or candidate species under this paragraph when the species no longer qualifies as an endangered, threatened or candidate species. The Arizona game and fish commission shall dispose of the land in a manner consistent with the preservation of the species of concern.; A. A game, non-game, fish and endangered species fund is established to be used by the commission for game, non-game, fish and endangered species purposes. Monies in the fund are subject to annual legislative appropriation pursuant to § 35-143.01. B. Monies received by this state pursuant to § 43-615 shall be deposited, pursuant to §§ 35-146 and 35-147, in the fund. C. On notice from the commission, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by § 35-313, and notwithstanding § 17-262, monies earned from investment of the game, non-game, fish and endangered species fund shall be credited to the fund.;
Citation: A.R.S. § 17-298; A.R.S. § 17-268;