An Act To Establish a Long-term Funding Source for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0219
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology
Sponsors: SHAW, DUTREMBLE, BRIGGS, DION, GILBERT, HARVELL, WOOD, JACKSON, SAVIELLO
Amends: 5 MRSA §282, 12 MRSA §10207

Legislative Document 
No. 219 
H.P. 180 
House of Representatives, February 5, 2013 
An Act To Establish a Long-term Funding Source for the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Reference to the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology suggested and ordered 
printed. 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative SHAW of Standish. 
Cosponsored by Senator DUTREMBLE of York and 
Representatives: BRIGGS of Mexico, DION of Portland, GILBERT of Jay, HARVELL of 
Farmington, WOOD of Sabattus, Senators: JACKSON of Aroostook, SAVIELLO of Franklin. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §282, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2011, c. 652, §1 and affected 
by §14, is further amended to read: 
9.  Energy infrastructure benefits fund.  To establish an energy infrastructure 
benefits fund. Except as otherwise provided by Title 35-A, section 122, subsections 1-C 
and 6-B or any other law, including the Constitution of Maine, the fund consists of any 
revenues derived from the use of state-owned land and assets for energy infrastructure 
development pursuant to Title 35-A, section 122.  Each fiscal year, the Treasurer of State 
shall transfer revenues collected in the fund to the Efficiency Maine Trust for deposit by 
the Efficiency Maine Trust Board in program funds pursuant to Title 35-A, section 
10103, subsection 4 and use by the trust in accordance with Title 35-A, section 10103, 
subsection 4-A. For the purposes of this subsection, "energy infrastructure" and "state-
owned" have the same meanings as in Title 35-A, section 122, subsection 1.: 
E.  Transfer to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for deposit in the 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, established in Title 12, section 10207, an amount 
equal to 10% of all revenues derived from the use of state-owned land and assets for 
energy infrastructure development pursuant to Title 35-A, section 122, up to a total of 
$5,000,000 in any fiscal year, adjusted for inflation.  Beginning on July 1, 2014, the 
Treasurer of State shall annually adjust the $5,000,000 cap for inflation by 
multiplying $5,000,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Consumer Price 
Index for the 12-month period ending June 30th of the preceding calendar year and 
the denominator of which is the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period 
ending June 30, 2013.  For purposes of this paragraph, "Consumer Price Index" 
means the average over a 12-month period of the National Consumer Price Index, not 
seasonally adjusted, published monthly by the United States Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics designated as the "National Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers-United States City Average"; and 
F.  Transfer all other revenues collected in the fund to the Efficiency Maine Trust for 
deposit by the Efficiency Maine Trust Board in program funds pursuant to Title 
35-A, section 10103, subsection 4 and use by the trust in accordance with Title 35-A, 
section 10103, subsection 4-A. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "energy infrastructure" and "state-owned" have the 
same meanings as in Title 35-A, section 122, subsection 1. 
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §10207 is enacted to read: 
§10207.  Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Fund 
1.  Fund established; use.  The Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Fund, referred to in 
this section as "the fund," is established. The fund is a nonlapsing fund and receives 
money deposited in the fund by the Treasurer of State pursuant to Title 5, section 282, 
subsection 9.  All money deposited in the fund and the earnings on that money remain in 
the fund to be used for the operations, administration, personnel and other costs of the 
department, as allocated by the Legislature. 
2.  Report and allocation.  The commissioner shall include a report on the fund as 
part of the report submitted to the Governor pursuant to section 10103. The report on the 
fund must also be submitted to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters. The commissioner shall submit a 
budget for each biennium in accordance with Title 5, sections 1663 to 1666. The State 
Controller shall authorize expenditures from the fund as allocated by the Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides that 10% of all revenues derived from the use of state-owned land 
and assets for energy infrastructure development pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 35-A, section 122, up to a total of $5,000,000 in any fiscal year and adjusted for 
inflation, must be deposited in a special fund and allocated to the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife to support the operations of that department.