Sec. 3. In addition to the biennial licensure fee provided for by IC 25-24-1-1, each licensed optometrist, at the time of payment of the biennial licensure fee each even-numbered year, shall pay to the Indiana professional licensing agency an additional fee of thirty-four dollars ($34), which shall be deposited in an optometry school account of the state general fund, and all such fees so deposited shall, before the following July 2, be paid to Indiana University to be used by it for the advancement of optometrical research and the maintenance and support of the department in which the science of optometry is taught at the university. A sufficient amount to pay the same is appropriated annually out of such account in the general fund of the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.190, s.3. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.172, SEC.41; Acts 1981, P.L.229, SEC.3; Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.184; P.L.169-1985, SEC.86; P.L.1-2006, SEC.460.