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Part relating to watercraft, including chapter 935, in their | | respective jurisdictions are paid to that municipality for the | | local enforcement efforts. The department shall record as | | dedicated revenue to the Department of Marine Resources that | | portion of fines, forfeitures and penalties allocable to the | | Department of Marine Resources in accordance with paragraph C. |
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| | | C. All revenues collected under the provisions of this Part | | relating to watercraft, including chapter 935, including | | fines, fees and other available money deposited with the | | Treasurer of State, must be distributed as undedicated | | revenue to the General Fund and the Department of Marine | | Resources according to an allocation rate that directly | | relates to the administrative costs of the Division of | | Licensing and Registration. The Legislature shall | | appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount | | equal to the administrative costs incurred by the department | | in collecting revenue under this subsection. Those costs | | must be verified by the Department of Marine Resources and | | the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. | | The allocation rate must also allow for any necessary year- | | end reconciliation and accounting distribution. The | | allocation rate must be jointly agreed to by the department | | and the Department of Marine Resources and approved by the | | Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau | | of the Budget. |
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| | | Sec. 50. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 9. Moose hunting revenues; moose hunting research and | | management. Up to $25,000 may be provided from the revenues | | generated by moose hunting application and permit fees to carry | | out the department's documented moose research. |
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| | | Sec. 51. 12 MRSA §10252, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | §10252. Fish hatchery maintenance fund |
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| | | The fish hatchery maintenance fund, referred to in this | | section as the "fund," is established in the department as a | | nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner to fund or assist | | in funding engineering designs for the Embden Hatchery, a | | statewide assessment of all other hatchery facilities and | | maintenance, repair and capital improvements at fish hatcheries | and feeding stations owned by the State and the per diem and | related expenses of 4 meetings of the Commission to Study the | Needs and Opportunities Associated with the Production of |
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