An Act To Clarify Expenditures and the Use of Department-generated Revenues within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0179
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: BRYANT, WHEELER, GERZOFSKY, SHAW, THERIAULT, WILLETTE
Amends: 12 MRSA §10203

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Legislative Document 
No. 179 
S.P.65 
January 21, 2009 
An Act To Clarify Expenditures and the Use of Department-
generated Revenues within the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife 
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator BRYANT of Oxford. 
Cosponsored by Representative WHEELER of Kittery and 
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JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senator: GERZOFSKY of Cumberland, Representatives: BRYANT of Windham, SHAW of 
Standish, THERIAULT of Madawaska, WILLETTE of Presque Isle. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec.!. 12 MRS A §10203, sub-§l, CjfA, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and 
amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §46 and affected by Pt. B, §422, is further amended to read: 
A. 
All fees, fines, penalties and officers' costs and all other money received, 
collected or recovered by the court or the department under any provisions of this 
Part except section 10206, subsections 1 and 3; section 10259; section 10353, 
subsection 3; section 11157; chapter 925, subchapter 3; and chapter 929; and 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10203, sub-§l, CUB, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
lOB. Any fees, fines and penalties recovered by the court from any prosecution by 
wardens pursuant to their acting, under section 10353, subsection 3, with the same 
powers and duties as sheriffs-;--aOO- .!. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRS A §10203, sub-§l, t;fC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §10203, sub-§7 is enacted to read: 
7. Department-owned property. Money received £i'om the sale, lease or rental of 
department-owned property or products must be deposited into the program account that 
originally expended funds for that property. 
Sec. 5. 12 MRS A §10262 is enacted to read: 
§10262. Warden Service Aircraft Fund 
1. Fund established. The Warden Service Aircraft Fund, referred to in this section 
as "the fund," is established through the Office of the State Controller as a nonlapsing 
fund under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Warden Service within the department, 
referred to in this section as the "bureau," to ensure the viability of its aviation program. 
2. Funding. The bureau may assess charges consisting of direct operating costs of 
the aircraft to agencies of the State for the use of the bureau's aircraft resources for 
purposes other than warden service activities and shall deposit any such money received 
into the fund. The bureau may apply for and accept any appropriation, grant, gift or 
service made available from any public or private source consistent with the purpose of 
this section and shall deposit any such money into the fund. 
3. Fund uses. 
The bureau may use the fund to purchase aviation equipment, 
including maintenance, repairs, fuel and spare parts, in accordance with the bureau's plan 
to diversify and modernize its aviation program. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the law concerning expenditures and use of department-generated 
revenues within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in order to retain the 
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integrity of program funds by authorizing the money generated by specific programs to 
be allocated within those programs. 
It also establishes the Warden Service Aircraft Fund.