‘Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §714, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 459, §2, is further amended to read:
4. Surcharge on registration of pet food. For each product name of pet food registered in accordance with subsection 1, the applicant shall pay a $20 $17.50 surcharge in addition to the registration fee, except that a home-based manufacturer of pet food shall pay a total annual surcharge of $20 $17.50. The commissioner shall deposit the surcharge into the Animal Welfare Fund established under section 3906-B, subsection 2. This surcharge must be decreased in future years as other funding for the Animal Welfare Fund and Companion Animal Sterilization Fund established under section 3910-B, subsection 1 becomes available. A decrease in the surcharge may not result in either fund receiving less money than it received in the previous fiscal year.’