564-F:22-2204 Collections and Payments of Fees. –
(a) The secretary of state shall collect all fees required under this chapter and, subject to subsection (b), shall pay those fees to the state treasurer to be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue.
(b) The state treasurer shall pay amounts to the secretary of state as follows:
(1) The state treasurer shall pay the expenses of administering this chapter out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated until the fees collected under this chapter have been received by the state treasurer.
(2) After the fees collected under this chapter have been received by the state treasurer, the state treasurer shall pay the expenses of administering this chapter out of the fees collected under this chapter and shall reimburse the treasury for previous expenses paid by the state treasurer.
(c) The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the sums authorized by this section out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.