| and Nongame Wildlife Fund established in section 10253, | subsection 1.__Money deposited with the Treasurer of State to the | credit of the fund may be invested as provided by law.__Income | from these investments must be credited to the fund. |
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| | 2.__Fund sources.__The fund receives money deposited by the | Treasurer of State pursuant to Title 29-A, section 455 and any | other gift, grant or other source of revenue deposited for that | use. |
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| | 3.__Distribution from fund.__Money distributed from the fund | may be used for marketing the plates and for the production and | marketing of goods using the environmental plate design.__After | the Treasurer of State has reimbursed the Secretary of State for | costs of producing and issuing environmental registration plates | in accordance with Title 29-A, section 455, the Treasurer of | State shall, at the end of each quarter in the fiscal year, | distribute the balance in the fund as follows: |
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| A.__Sixty percent of the balance must be deposited in the | Maine State Parks Fund established in section 1825, | subsection 2; and |
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| B.__Forty percent of the balance must be deposited in the | Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund established in | section 10253. |
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| | 4.__Budget.__The commissioner shall submit a budget for each | biennium pursuant to Title 5, sections 1663 and 1666. |
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| §10256.__Land Management Fund |
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| | The Land Management Fund is established within the department.__ | The fund is authorized to receive revenue from the sale of | timber, lease of lands, gifts and other revenues associated with | the use of department-owned land.__The fund must be held separate | and apart from all other money, funds and accounts.__Any balance | remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year must be | carried forward to the next fiscal year. |
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| §10257.__Lake and River Protection Fund |
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| | 1.__Fund established.__The Lake and River Protection Fund, | referred to in this section as the "fund," is established within | the department as a nonlapsing fund.__The fund must be | administered by the commissioner.__The fund is funded from fees | collected for lake and river protection stickers issued under | section 13058, subsection 3 and from other funds accepted for | those purposes by the commissioner or allocated or appropriated | by the Legislature.__Money in the fund may be used for enforcing |
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