An Act To Fund Pesticide Education in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1227
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: BLANCHARD, SNOWE-MELLO, BARSTOW, CAIN, MILLER, SA VIELLO, SCHATZ, SMITH, NUTIING
Amends: 8 MRSA §374, 8 MRSA §387

Legislative Document 
No. 1227 
H.P.845 
House of Representatives, March 10, 2005 
An Act To Fund Pesticide Education in the State 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
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Presented by Representative BLANCHARD of Old Town. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Senator SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin and 
Representatives: BARSTOW of Gorham, CAIN of Orono, MILLER of Somerville, 
SA VIELLO of Wilton, SCHATZ of Blue Hill, SMITH of Monmouth, Senator: NUTIING of 
Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA c. 415 is enacted to read: 
CBAPTER 415 
MAINE PESTICIDE EDUCATIOH FUND 
§2421. 
Fund established 
The Maine Pesticide Education Fund. 
referred to in this 
chapter as 
"tb~und." is established. 
The fund consists of 
revenues received pursuant to Title 8. section 387 and any funds 
received as contributions from private and public sources. 
The 
fund. 
to 
be 
accounted within 
the 
department. 
must 
be 
held 
separate and apart from all other money. 
funds 
and accounts. 
Eligible investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund 
become part of the assets of the fund. 
Any balance remaining in 
the fund at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward to 
the next fiscal year. 
§2422. 
Expenditures from fund; distribution 
Funds 
in 
the 
Maine 
Pesticide 
Education 
Fund 
must 
be 
distributed as follows: 
1. 
Integrated Pest Manag~~d~._---,T 
.... 
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money 
in 
the 
fund 
to 
the 
Integrated 
Pest 
Management 
Fund 
established under section 2405: 
2. 
P~sticide education 
and pgsticide pick-up 
Fifty-two percent of the money in the 
fund to the 
Pesticides Control for pesticide education programs and 
pick-up programs: and 
programs. 
Board of 
pesticide 
3. 
Pest manageme~ducatiQll. 
Forty-five percent of the 
money 
in 
the 
fund 
to 
the 
University 
of 
Maine 
Cooperative 
extension for pest management education programs. including. but 
not limited to. homeowner integrated pest management, structural 
and 
school 
pest 
management 
and 
medical 
and 
veterinary pest 
management. 
Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §374. sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. 
PeKicid~~Qu~~!:iQn lotterY-9~.!!.. 
No later than Januar-y 
30, 
2006. 
the commission. in consultation with the Integrated 
Pest Management Council 
and the Board of Pesticides Control. 
shall develop and initiate a pesticide education lottery game 
designed to raise funds for the Maine Pesticide Education Fund 
established pursuant to Title 7. 
chapter 415. 
The commission 
shall provide the net proceeds of the pesticide education lottery 
game 
to 
the 
Maine 
Pesticide 
Education 
Fund 
annually. 
The 
commission shall change the game periodically throughout the year. 
Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §387, sub-§ 1, ,C, as amended by PL 1995, 
c . 
494, §5, is further amended to read: 
C. 
For payment to the General Fund; aBa 
Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §387, sub-§I, ,0. as amended by PL 2003, c. 
414, Pt. B, §18 and affected by c. 614, §9, is further amended to 
read: 
D. 
For payment to the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund pursuant 
to Title 12, section 10302T~ 
Sec. 5. 8 MRSA §387, sub-§l"E is enacted to read: 
E. 
For 
payment 
to 
the 
Maine 
Pesticide 
Education 
Fund 
pursuant to Title 7, chapter 415. 
SUMMARY 
This bill directs the State Liquor and Lottery Commission to 
ini tiate a pesticide education lottery game designed to raise 
funds for the Maine Pesticide Education Fund. 
Money in the fund 
is to be distributed to the Integrated Pest Management Fund, the 
Board of Pesticides Control for pesticide education and pick-up 
programs and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for 
pest management education programs.