304-C:195 Administrative Collections and Payments of Fees; Related Matters. –
I. The secretary of state shall collect all fees required under this act and shall pay them to the state treasurer to be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue, except as provided in paragraph II.
II. The state treasurer shall pay the expenses of administering this act out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated until the fees collected under this act have been received by the treasurer. Thereafter, the treasurer shall pay the expenses of administering this act out of the fees collected under this act and shall reimburse the treasury for previous expenses paid by him or her. 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.