8.__Biennial revision of fish and wildlife laws.__As soon as practicable after the adjournment of the Legislature, the Revisor of Statutes, with the assistance of the commissioner, shall issue a revision of all the public laws relating to inland fisheries and wildlife. The revision must be printed in a pamphlet of the same size pages as the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, and its printing and distribution must be the same as that of the biennial laws, except that the commissioner may issue as many extra copies of this Part in a pamphlet of whatever size seems best to inform the people about the fish and wildlife laws.

9.__Availability of financial statement.__The commissioner shall make the annual financial statement for the department available for public inspection within 180 days after the close of the fiscal year that is the subject of the report.

10.__Water level danger zones.__The commissioner may establish, in accordance with section 10104, subsection 1, water level danger zones.__These zones are areas of rivers and streams below water impoundment that are subject to rapidly changing water levels.__The commissioner may adopt rules to protect individuals using those areas for hunting, fishing, trapping and boating purposes.__The commissioner may not regulate the flow of water under this section.

11.__Report to Legislature.__The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters.__This report must identify all specific extended responsibility services provided by the department to individuals who do not pay a particular fee to the department for the provision of that service, including all search and rescue activities conducted by the department.__This report must include an estimate of the total cost of providing the identified extended responsibility services.__The report must be submitted on or before January 1st of each year.__Upon receipt of the report, the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters shall give separate consideration to funding the department's estimated cost of providing the identified extended responsibility services.