2.__Fees.__In accordance with the authority of the commissioner to levy lease rents pursuant to section 6072, subsections 9 and 13 and section 6072-A, subsection 14 and application fees pursuant to section 6072, subsections 4, 12 and 12-A, the commissioner shall adopt routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to implement a fee structure for lease rents and application fees that are in addition to the minimum lease rents and application fees that are in effect on the effective date of this subsection.__Any rent or fee assessed pursuant to this subsection that is in addition to the fees that are in effect on the effective date of this subsection must be credited to the fund.__A person who does not pay the rent or fee commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $1,000 may be adjudged.

3.__Additional revenues.__The commissioner may expend annual revenues that are in excess of the operating expenses of a program under subsection 4 to address matters that the commissioner determines are of an emergency nature to the State's aquaculture industry, to address matters that the commissioner determines are of long-term interest to the State's aquaculture industry and to rebate revenues to all those persons who paid fees under subsection 2.__The fund may receive money from any source for the purposes of this subsection.

4.__Uses of fund.__The commissioner may make expenditures from the fund to develop and manage effective and cost-efficient water quality licensing and monitoring criteria, analyze and evaluate monitoring data, process lease applications and make information about aquaculture available to the public.

5.__Reports.__On or before February 1st of each year, the commissioner shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters on all expenditures made from the fund in the previous fiscal year and a summary of work accomplished and planned.

Sec. A-17. 12 MRSA §6077, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 381, §6, is amended to read:

The department is responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive may establish and maintain an information base pertaining to all aspects of the siting, development and operation of finfish aquaculture facilities within the State.