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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.

 
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.

 
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:

 
A.__Sixty percent of the balance must be deposited in the
Maine State Parks Fund established in section 1825,
subsection 2; and

 
B.__Forty percent of the balance must be deposited in the
Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund established in
section 10253.

 
4.__Budget.__The commissioner shall submit a budget for each
biennium pursuant to Title 5, sections 1663 and 1666.

 
§10256.__Land Management Fund

 
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.

 
§10257.__Lake and River Protection Fund

 
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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