| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1059 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1059.__Fines; Drug Awareness and Education for Schools Fund |
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| | | Ten percent of all fines collected for violations of Title 17- | | A, chapter 45 must be deposited into the Drug Awareness and | | Education for Schools Fund established in Title 20-A, section | | 6607. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §6607 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §6607.__Drug Awareness and Education for Schools Fund |
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| | | The Drug Awareness and Education for Schools Fund, referred to | | in this section as the "fund," is established as an interest- | | bearing dedicated revenue account.__All interest earned by this | | account is credited to the fund.__Any balance remaining in the | | fund at the end of the fiscal year does not lapse but is carried | | forward into subsequent fiscal years.__The commissioner may use | | the fund only to support school programs for drug awareness and | | education, including program costs and expenses. |
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| | | This bill establishes the Drug Awareness and Education for | | Schools Fund. The fund is a nonlapsing interest-bearing account. | | Ten percent of all fines paid for violations of the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 45 must be deposited into the fund, | | which must be used to support school programs for drug awareness | | and education, including the DARE program. |
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