2. Annual report. By February 1st of each year, the commissioner shall submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over fisheries matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs. The report must detail the amount of money collected in the fund over the course of the prior year and the expense of managing and maintaining the Aquarium and Resource Center at West Boothbay Harbor and the Burnt Island Living Lighthouse and its their programs. The commissioner shall make recommendations concerning how the fund may be increased or expenses reduced or both so that the Aquarium and Resource Center at West Boothbay Harbor and the Burnt Island Living Lighthouse and its their programs become increasingly financially self-sustaining.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6036 is enacted to read:

§6036.__Marine Fisheries Research and Development Fund

1.__Fund established.__The Marine Fisheries Research and Development Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund within the department.__Unexpended balances in the fund at the end of the fiscal year may not lapse and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year and used for the purposes of this section.

2.__Sources and uses of fund.__Revenues from the total gasoline tax revenues credited to the fund under Title 36, section 2903-D may be used for research, development, propagation and management activities of the department.__The commissioner may select activities and projects that will be most beneficial to the commercial fisheries of the State as well as the development of sport fisheries in the State.__In addition to the revenues derived from the total gasoline tax revenues, the fund may receive money from any source for the purposes of this subsection.

3.__Allocations from fund.__Expenditures from the fund are subject to legislative approval in the same manner as appropriations from the General Fund.__The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations must approve the allocations.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6410 is enacted to read:

§6410.__Suspension of license for failure to comply with court

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