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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, 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.

 
4.__Migratory waterfowl revenues.__All revenues derived from
the sale of permits and art in conjunction with the permits under
section 10201, subsection 5 and section 11157 must be deposited
into a special account within the department, and that account
must be used for acquisition of waterfowl habitat and waterfowl
management activities.

 
5.__Alewife, sucker and yellow perch permit revenues.__All
fees collected under section 12506 accrue to the Eel and Elver
Management Fund established in section 6505-D, except that $42
accrues to the General Fund for each eel pot or eel weir permit
issued under section 12506.

 
6.__Lake and river protection sticker revenues.__All fees
collected by the commissioner from the sale of stickers under
section 13058, subsection 3 must be paid daily to the Treasurer
of State.__Notwithstanding subsection 3, the Treasurer of State
shall credit funds received under this subsection as follows:

 
A.__Sixty percent of the revenues must be credited to the
Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund established
in the Department of Environmental Protection under Title
38, section 1863; and

 
B.__Forty percent of the revenues must be credited to the
Lake and River Protection Fund established in the department
under section 10257.

 
7.__Resident lifetime license revenues.__Revenue from the sale
of lifetime licenses under section 10851 is dedicated revenue and
must be deposited in the Lifetime License Fund


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