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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, | except that 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. |
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| C. All revenues collected under the provisions of this Part | relating to watercraft, including chapter 935, including | fines, fees and other available money deposited with the | Treasurer of State, 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. |
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| | Sec. B-50. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 9. Moose hunting revenues; moose hunting research and | management. Up to $25,000 may be provided from the revenues | generated by moose hunting application and permit fees to carry | out the department's documented moose research. |
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| | Sec. B-51. 12 MRSA §10252, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| §10252. Fish hatchery maintenance fund |
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| | The fish hatchery maintenance fund, referred to in this | section as the "fund," is established in the department as a | nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner to fund or assist |
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