F.__On January 31, 2005 and on January 31st every 2 years thereafter, report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over conservation matters on expenditures from the fund and revisions to the strategies and guidelines set out in paragraph A.

3.__Assistance.__The Department of Conservation; the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources; the Executive Department, State Planning Office; and all other state agencies shall provide staff support and assistance necessary to fulfill the objectives of this chapter.__If agency assistance is not available, consultants may be hired from the proceeds of the fund to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities.

§6407.__Acquisition; title; management

1.__Uses of funds.__The board may use the fund to acquire real property with both fee and less-than-fee simple interest, including, but not limited to, conservation easements, access easements, scenic easements, other permanent interests in land and long-term leases of at least 99 years, if those acquisitions are primarily lands meeting the criteria set forth in this chapter.

2.__Title.__Title to lands acquired pursuant to this chapter must be vested solely in the State.__The deed to land acquired pursuant to this chapter must specify that the property be used for timber management and harvesting.__Management responsibilities for the acquired lands may be contracted by the board to cooperating entities, subject to appropriate lease arrangements, upon the approval of the board.

3.__Payments.__Payments from the fund may be made to a cooperating entity for qualifying lands acquired on behalf of the State, if the board has issued to the cooperating entity a letter of intent requesting assistance in the acquisition. Upon submission to the board of a cooperating entity's direct expenses for acquisition and related costs of an authorized acquisition, the board shall authorize payment of those expenses, as long as the total of all expenses does not exceed the appraised value of the acquired property.__Expenses must be paid at intervals during the acquisition process, as determined by the board.