Contributions and pledges

Sec. 10. (a) The department may accept contributions and pledges to the fund. Pledges made contingent on appropriation of state money are acceptable and shall be reported with other pledges as set forth in this section. (b) On each December 1 that precedes the beginning of a new budgetary biennium, until the campaign size limit is reached, the department shall include: (1) the amount that has been contributed; and (2) the amount that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two (2) calendar years; in the department's budget request. (c) In addition to the budget request, the department shall report the amounts to: (1) the governor; and (2) the chairmen of the standing committees in the house of representatives and senate considering issues of finance and natural resources; so that those public officials can take proper steps to secure the appropriation of a matching amount of public money for the fund. (d) A similar state match of private contributions and pledges for successive years shall be requested in successive biennia until an amount not exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.