|   | | B.  The board shall design and hold at least one  |  | examination each year at a time and place designated for  |  | the purpose of examining candidates for licensure. |  
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 |   | | C.  The board may enter into contracts to carry out its  |  | responsibilities under this section. |  
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 |   |  | 7.  Fund.  The Board of Licensure of Water Treatment Plant  |  | System Operators Fund is established and is governed by the  |  | following provisions. |  
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 |   | | A.  All money collected by the board in the form of  |  | application fees, reinstatement and renewal fees, expense  |  | reimbursements ordered by the board or payment for  |  | services such as reproduction and distribution of copies  |  | of board decisions and photocopying or for the use of  |  | facilities must be deposited with the Treasurer of State  |  | in a separate account to be known as the Board of  |  Licensure of Water Treatment Plant System Operators Fund. |  
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 |   | | B.  The board may use the fund to defray the reasonable  |  | costs incurred by the board in carrying out its duties. |  
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 |   | | C.  Except as specified in this paragraph, any amount  |  | within the fund that is not expended at the end of a  |  | fiscal year does not lapse, but is carried forward to be  |  | expended by the board in carrying out its duties in  |  | succeeding fiscal years.  Upon certification of the board  |  | that certain amounts in the fund are not required by the  |  | board, the Treasurer of State shall transfer the amounts  |  | to the General Fund. |  
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 |   |  | 8.  Records.  The board shall keep all records and minutes  |  | necessary to the ordinary dispatch of its functions.  The  |  | board shall keep a register of all applicants for licensure  |  | and a register of all licensees. |  
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 |   |  | 9.  Reports.  No later than August 1st of each year, the  |  | board shall submit to the commissioner a report of its  |  | transactions in the preceding fiscal year ending June 30th and  |  | shall transmit to the commissioner a complete statement of all  |  | the receipts and expenditures of the board, attested by  |  | affidavits of the board's chair and secretary. |  
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 |   |  | 10.  Staff.  The commissioner, to the extent possible and  |  | reasonable, shall make available to the board such staff,  |  | facilities, equipment, supplies, information and other  |  | assistance as the board may reasonably require to carry out  |  | its activities.  The commissioner may also appoint, subject to  |  | the Civil Service Law, the employees necessary to carry out  |  | this section.  Any  |  
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