Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Transfer. Ten thousand dollars in fiscal year 1997-98 and $10,000 in fiscal year 1998-99 are transferred from the Carrying Balances-Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Program to the Bureau of Resource Management in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for coyote control. These funds are provided to supplement existing resources budgeted by the department for coyote control and must be used to control coyotes in and around deer yards. The commissioner shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters no later than April 1, 1999 on the total expenditures in the fiscal years 1997-98 and 1998-99 on coyote control and the effectiveness of those expenditures on rebuilding the deer herd.
Effective September 19,1997.
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