3.__Commissioner.__The commissioner may accept donations to the fund but may not use any principal or earnings of the fund except upon the approval of the Treasurer of State and for the purposes set forth in this section.

4.__Uses of fund.__Prior to July 1, 2010, the Treasurer of State continuously shall reinvest all earnings of the fund and may not authorize any payments from the fund or use any earnings of the fund, except those necessary to pay the costs of administering the fund.__On July 1, 2010, and on July 1st of each year thereafter, the Treasurer of State shall transfer to the department an amount equal to 5% of the fund principal.__ Additional interest earned by the fund, if any, must be reinvested.__All funds received from the department under section 10851 and this section are subject to allocation by the Legislature.

5.__Report.__The Treasurer of State shall report quarterly to the commissioner and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters on the status of the fund, including the sources and amount of revenue deposited into the fund, interest earnings and payments from the fund.

§10252.__Fish hatchery maintenance fund

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 in funding engineering designs for the Embden Hatchery, a statewide assessment of all other hatchery facilities and maintenance, repair and capital improvements at fish hatcheries and feeding stations owned by the State and the per diem and related expenses of 4 meetings of the Commission to Study the Needs and Opportunities Associated with the Production of Salmonid Fish in Maine in fiscal year 2001-02 and 4 meetings of the commission in fiscal year 2002-03.__The fund may not be used to fund personnel services costs or general operating costs of a fish hatchery.__The commissioner may accept and deposit into the fund any monetary gifts, donations or other contributions from public or private sources and must use that money for the purposes specified in this section.

§10253.__Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund