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B.__Each county shall pay all fines, forfeitures and penalties
collected for violations of the provisions of this Part
relating to__watercraft, including chapter 935, and all
officers' costs collected for either coastal wardens or game
wardens to the Treasurer of State, monthly, and that money
accrues as undedicated revenue to the General Fund. All fines,
forfeitures and penalties collected as a result of the efforts
of municipal law enforcement officers or harbor masters
enforcing the provisions of this 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.

 
C.__All revenues collected under the provisions of this Part
relating to__watercraft, including chapter 935, including
fines, fees and other available money, 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.

 
4.__Migratory waterfowl revenues.__All revenues derived from
the sale of permits and art in conjunction with the permits under
section 10201, subsection 5 and section 11157 must be deposited
into a special account within the department, and that account
must be used for acquisition of waterfowl habitat and waterfowl
management activities.

 
5.__Alewife, sucker and yellow perch permit revenues.__All
fees collected under section 12506 accrue to the Eel and Elver
Management Fund established in section 6505-D, except that $42
accrues to the General Fund for each eel pot or eel weir permit
issued under section 12506.


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