Resolve, To Direct the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Allow Maine Residents To Renew Their Watercraft Registrations Online and To Direct the State Controller To Make Certain Transfers

Sec. 1. Registering watercraft online. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall institute a system that provides the option of renewing a watercraft registration through a safe and secure website in order to make the registering of watercraft as convenient to the public as the online registering of motor vehicles and all-terrain vehicles. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall charge a fee that is in addition to the regular registration fee to cover both its administrative costs for the online registration of watercraft and, to the extent possible, merchant fees that would otherwise be charged on the excise tax to ensure municipalities do not lose excise tax revenue because of the online registrations; and be it further

Sec. 2. Transfer; Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account; working capital advance for Swan Island. Resolved: That the State Controller shall transfer $21,786 no later than August 1, 2008 from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account to the Resource Management Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Other Special Revenue Funds account to provide cash as a working capital advance for the operation of Swan Island. In fiscal year 2008-09, the State Controller shall transfer revenue credited to the Resource Management Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 12701, subsection 4 to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account until the $21,786 working capital advance has been repaid; and be it further

Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.

INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF

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Initiative: Appropriates funds for labor, agent fees, merchant fees and postage for processing online watercraft registrations.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09
Personal Services	$0	$13,540
All Other	$0	$7,790
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$21,330