5.__Nonlapsing appropriations.__General Fund appropriations to the department may not lapse but must be carried forward in a separate General Fund program to be used by the department for the purposes described in section 10801, subsection 5.__ The department, pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 22, shall seek legislatively authorized transfers from this program to meet the various costs associated with the department's other programs.

6.__Savings fund; offset against future fee increases.__A savings fund, referred to in this subsection as the "fund," is established in the department.__Appropriations to the fund are considered funds appropriated to the department under the meaning of the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 22.__Money appropriated to the fund does not lapse but must be carried forward and may be used by the department only to offset license fee increases if the use of that money for that purpose is approved by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters.

7.__Cash reserve.__The department shall maintain as practical a cash reserve for the purpose of ensuring an adequate cash flow.

8.__Snowmobile enforcement expenditures not to diminish.__In every fiscal year, the department shall budget from appropriations to the enforcement operations program an amount for snowmobile enforcement activities that is not less than the average General Fund expenditures from that program for those purposes over the previous 2 fiscal years.__Expenditures from the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund, established in section 10258, may not be included in calculating average expenditures.

9.__Fiscal Stability Program.__The Fiscal Stability Program is established to ensure that the general public and hunters and anglers share the cost of the fish and wildlife conservation programs of the department.__To achieve this goal, beginning with the 2004-2005 biennial budget and for each biennial budget thereafter, the biennial budget submitted by the executive branch must include a General Fund appropriation of 18% of the department's requested biennial budget.

10.__Review of budget.__The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters shall review that part of the current services budget bill and any supplemental budget bills pertaining to the department in accordance with Title 5, section 522-A.