4.__Use of fund.__The fund must be used according to this subsection.

A.__The money deposited in the fund must be credited as follows.

(1)__Sixty-five percent of each fee or surcharge must be credited to the department.

(2)__Twenty-five percent of each fee or surcharge must be credited to the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands.

(3)__Ten percent of each fee or surcharge must be credited to the county in which the river is located for distribution among the affected municipalities and for use in the affected unorganized townships.

B.__All money from the fund must be expended solely for purposes related to river recreation, with primary emphasis on those activities that relate to whitewater trips, including, but not limited to, administration, regulation, safety education, enforcement, mitigation of environmental and safety problems and mitigation of any adverse effect on competing use of the river.__The fund may not be used to pay the cost of administering the whitewater outfitters' license program or the guide license program.

C.__Any amount of the fund that is not expended at the end of a fiscal year does not lapse but must be carried forward.

D.__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 section.__Those costs must be verified by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

SUBCHAPTER 6

MAINE OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND