The director of the department of lands is charged in section 38-1305, Idaho Code, to administer and enforce the forest practices act on all private forest lands within the state. Funding for this activity shall come from an annual budget request from the general fund and from an annual assessment to be paid by every private owner of forest land in the state. The assessment for private owners of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty-five (25) acres or fewer shall be equal to the per acre cost multiplied by twenty-five (25). For private owners of forest lands whose total acres of forest lands are twenty-six (26) acres or more, the assessment shall be determined by the state board of land commissioners not to exceed twenty cents (20¢) an acre per year. The assessment shall be collected in the same fashion and at the same time as the forest protection assessment described in section 38-111, Idaho Code.