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officers' costs collected for either coastal wardens or game
wardens to the Treasurer of State, monthly, and that money
accrues as undedicated revenue to the General Fund. All,
except that all fines, forfeitures and penalties collected as
a result of the efforts of municipal law enforcement officers
or harbor masters enforcing the provisions of this Part
relating to watercraft, including chapter 935, in their
respective jurisdictions are paid to that municipality for the
local enforcement efforts. The department shall record as
dedicated revenue to the Department of Marine Resources that
portion of fines, forfeitures and penalties allocable to the
Department of Marine Resources in accordance with paragraph C.

 
C. All revenues collected under the provisions of this Part
relating to watercraft, including chapter 935, including
fines, fees and other available money deposited with the
Treasurer of State, 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.

 
Sec. B-50. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

 
9. Moose hunting revenues; moose hunting research and
management. Up to $25,000 may be provided from the revenues
generated by moose hunting application and permit fees to carry
out the department's documented moose research.

 
Sec. B-51. 12 MRSA §10252, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2
and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

 
§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


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