Section 49-454 - PROJECT CHOICE FEE(1) A project choice program fee of three dollars ($3.00) shall be collected in addition to each registration fee assessed pursuant to section 49-402(1), (2) or (3), 49-411, 49-412 or 49-434(1), Idaho Code. Such fees shall be deposited to the Idaho law enforcement fund established in section 67-2914, Idaho Code.(2) The project choice program fee shall be collected and deposited pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for registrations for calendar year 2007 and thereafter.(3) The project choice fee shall be used, subject to appropriation, exclusively for the purposes of creating a career ladder within the Idaho state police and to provide salaries to encourage the hiring and retention of trained and qualified employees for Idaho state police positions. Idaho state police personnel who have participated in and benefited from the use of the project choice fee, as of July 1, 2010, shall continue to participate in and benefit from the project choice fee while employed by the Idaho state police. Provided however, that beginning July 1, 2010, the use of the project choice fee shall be restricted in the following manner: the project choice fee shall be used exclusively for the purposes of creating a career ladder for commissioned officers, dispatch personnel and forensic personnel within the Idaho state police; and to provide salaries to encourage the hiring and retention of trained and qualified commissioned officers, dispatch personnel and forensic personnel.[49-454, added 2006, ch. 227, sec. 1, p. 679; am. 2010, ch. 177, sec. 1, p. 365.]