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A.__Sixty percent of the balance must be deposited in the
Maine State Parks Fund established in section 1825,
subsection 2; and

 
B.__Forty percent of the balance must be deposited in the
Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund established in
section 10253.

 
4.__Budget.__The commissioner shall submit a budget for each
biennium pursuant to Title 5, sections 1663 and 1666.

 
§10256.__Land Management Fund

 
The Land Management Fund is established within the department.__
The fund is authorized to receive revenue from the sale of
timber, lease of lands, gifts and other revenues associated with
the use of department-owned land.__The fund must be held separate
and apart from all other money, funds and accounts.__Any balance
remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year must be
carried forward to the next fiscal year.

 
§10257.__Lake and River Protection Fund

 
1.__Fund established.__The Lake and River Protection Fund,
referred to in this section as the "fund," is established within
the department as a nonlapsing fund.__The fund must be
administered by the commissioner.__The fund is funded from fees
collected for lake and river protection stickers issued under
section 13058, subsection 3 and from other funds accepted for
those purposes by the commissioner or allocated or appropriated
by the Legislature.__Money in the fund may be used for enforcing
laws pertaining to invasive aquatic plants, inspecting watercraft
for invasive aquatic plant materials, educational and
informational efforts targeted at invasive aquatic plant
prevention, eradication and management activities and the
production and distribution of lake and river protection stickers
required under section 13058, subsection 3.

 
§10258.__Snowmobile Enforcement Fund

 
1.__Fund established.__The Snowmobile Enforcement Fund,
referred to in this section as the "fund," is established in the
department's Bureau of Warden Service.__All funds credited to the
fund are available for use by the Game Warden Colonel of the
Bureau of Warden Service only for the purposes established in
this section.__Money in the fund may be used only to supplement
other funds appropriated to the enforcement operations program.__
Money in the fund at the end of each fiscal year does not lapse
and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.


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