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Mahogany Quahog Monitoring Fund established in Title 12, section | | 6731-A, subsection 5, except that not more than $56,000 may be | | credited to the fund in any year. Revenues collected that are in | | excess of $56,000 must be credited to the General Fund. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Transfers from existing accounts. The Department of Marine | | Resources shall transfer the existing balance and encumbrances | | from the Toxin Monitoring Fund at any time to the Mahogany Quahog | | Monitoring Fund in order to fund any of the activities outlined | | in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6731-A, | | subsection 5. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | This bill changes the name of the Toxin Monitoring Fund to the | | "Mahogany Quahog Monitoring Fund" and expands the allowable uses | | of the fund to include conducting stock assessments of the | | mahogany quahog resource. |
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