| | 1.__Financial accounting. The financial accounting of all | department revenues and expenditures, including long-range | financial planning and the preparation of annual and biennial | budgets; |
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| | 2.__Personnel activities. The administration of all personnel | activities; |
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| | 3.__Licensing and registration. The administration and | issuance of department licenses, stamps and permits and the | registration of snowmobiles, watercraft and all-terrain vehicles; |
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| | 4.__Engineering. The design, maintenance and repair of | department-owned facilities, including the preparation of a | capital improvement plan to be printed in the budget document; |
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| | 5.__Land acquisition. The acquisition and development of land | for the protection, preservation and enhancement of the inland | fisheries and wildlife resources; and |
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| | 6.__Equipment inventory. The maintenance of a current | inventory of all department-owned or department-managed property. |
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| §10053.__Bureau of Resource Management |
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| | The Bureau of Resource Management is established within the | Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The bureau is equal | in organizational level and status with other major | organizational units within the department or its successors. The | bureau is administered by a director who is immediately | responsible to the deputy commissioner. The director possesses | full authority and responsibility for administering all the | powers and duties of the bureau, subject to the direction of the | commissioner and except as otherwise provided by statute. The | responsibilities of the bureau include, but are not limited to: |
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| | 1.__Wildlife management. The management of the wildlife | resources in the State for their preservation, protection, | enhancement and use; |
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| | 2.__Fisheries management. The management of the inland | fisheries resources in the public waters of the State for their | preservation, protection, enhancement and use; |
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| | 3.__Propagation of fish. The propagation of fish for the | effective management of inland fisheries resources in public | waters of the State; |
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