Sec. H-1. 7 MRSA §2-B is enacted to read:
§2-B. Rural Rehabilitation Operating Fund
The Rural Rehabilitation Operating Fund is established as a nonlapsing fund in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to be used for the administrative expenditures incurred in the operation of the Rural Rehabilitation Trust Fund and the issuance of scholarships and loans from that trust fund. The Rural Rehabilitation Operating Fund must receive all interest earned on the trust fund balance and any interest collected on outstanding loans receivable. Unexpended balances in the Rural Rehabilitation Operating Fund at the end of a fiscal year may not lapse, but are carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.
Sec. H-2. 7 MRSA §2701, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997. c. 480, §1, is further amended to read:
All persons owning honeybees within the State shall annually notify the commissioner of the keeping of bees and the location of the bees and shall forward to the commissioner for deposit with the Treasurer of State an annual license fee not to exceed $2 per colony for all bees kept on June 15th of each year. A license may be issued for a one-year, 2-year or 3-year period. Licenses for a period in excess of one year may be issued only with the agreement of or at the request of the applicant. The fee for a 2-year license is 2 times the annual fee. The fee for a 3-year license is 3 times the annual fee. Fees must be established by rule in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. No license fee returned may be less than $2 per beekeeper. License fees accrue as a dedicated revenue to the Division of Plant Industry to fund the cost of apiary inspection and licensing.
Sec. H-3. 7 MRSA §2754, as amended by PL 1997, c. 480, §2, is further amended to read:
A registration fee not to exceed $2 per colony for all bees to be shipped or moved into the State must be forwarded to the commissioner for deposit with the Treasurer of State. Fees must be established by rule in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. The fees accrue as dedicated revenue to the Division of Plant Industry to fund the cost of apiary inspection and licensing.
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