Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6603 is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6604 is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6605 is enacted to read:
No later than January 1st of each year, the commissioner shall provide each agent authorized to issue recreational shellfish licenses pursuant to section 6603 or 6604 with a sufficient quantity of recreational shellfish license stickers for licenses. Each agent shall retain $1 for each sticker sold by that agent for which a fee is required.’
Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph D in the last 2 lines (page 1, lines 6 and 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " Clean Shores Fund" and inserting the following: ' Water Quality and Infrastructure Improvement Fund'
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 7 in the last line (page 5, line 27 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " Clean Shores Fund" and inserting the following: ' Water Quality and Infrastructure Improvement Fund'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following:
‘Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §353-B, sub-§8 is enacted to read:
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 3 in the 4th line (page 5, line 32 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " areas" the following: ' and for hydrographic studies in shellfish growing areas'
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 3 in the 7th line (page 5, line 35 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " priorities" the following: ' from the Shellfish Advisory Council established under Title 12, section 6038 and'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B by striking out all of the first line (page 6, line 6 in L.D.) and inserting the following: ' §424-B. Water Quality and Infrastructure Improvement Fund'
Amend the bill in section 5 in section §424-B in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the first line (page 6, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " Clean Shores Fund" and inserting the following: ' Water Quality and Infrastructure Improvement Fund'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 6, lines 10 and 11 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B in subsection 3 by inserting after paragraph B the following:
‘ C. Dedicated revenue derived from license fees pursuant to Title 12, sections 6603 and 6604;’
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B in subsection 3 in paragraph F in the first line (page 6, line 22 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " and" the following: ' directed or advised'
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B in subsection 3 by relettering or renumbering the paragraphs to read consecutively.
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B by striking out all of subsections 4 and 5 (page 6, lines 26 to 33 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
Amend the bill in section 5 in §424-B by relettering or renumbering the subsections to read consecutively.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following:
‘Sec. 7. Report. The Department of Marine Resources and the Department of Environmental Protection shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters by January 1, 2011 that identifies the point and nonpoint sources of fecal coliform that affect the State's shellfish areas based upon existing information readily available to the departments. The report must be comprehensive and include but not be limited to analysis of stormwater runoff, overboard discharge sources, farm and agricultural operations, municipal wastewater systems, direct industrial discharges and private septic systems. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit legislation to the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature to amend the fee structure established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, sections 6603 and 6604 and Title 30-A, section 353-B, subsection 2, paragraph A on the basis of the report required under this section.
Sec. 8. Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; Bureau of Resource Management, Shellfish Fund, Department of Marine Resources. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $198,824 by July 15, 2009 from General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Bureau of Resource Management, Shellfish Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds program within the Department of Marine Resources. On or before June 30, 2010, the State Controller shall transfer revenue credited to the Maine Environmental Protection Fund, Water Quality Infrastructure Improvement Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Environmental Protection to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to repay the $198,824.
Sec. 9. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421
Initiative: Provides grants to municipalities and other entities to identify and abate pollution in shellfish growing areas.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
All Other
|
$115,791 |
$323,232 |
|
 |
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL |
$115,791 |
$323,232 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF |
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
|
|
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$115,791 |
$323,232 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$115,791 |
$323,232 |
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
Bureau of Resource Management 0027
Initiative: Establishes one Marine Resource Scientist II position and 2 Marine Resource Scientist I positions and provides funding for related All Other costs.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
3.000 |
3.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$170,133 |
$235,975 |
|
All Other
|
$28,691 |
$38,293 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL |
$198,824 |
$274,268 |
| MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF |
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
|
|
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$198,824 |
$274,268 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$198,824 |
$274,268 |
| SECTION TOTALS |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
|
|
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$314,615 |
$597,500 |
|
|
|
| SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$314,615 |
$597,500 |
’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
The amendment establishes resident and nonresident recreational shellfish licenses with associated fees and provides for distribution of the fees.
The amendment changes the name of the Clean Shores Fund to the Water Quality and Infrastructure Improvement Fund and provides that license fees will be credited to the fund. The amendment clarifies the purposes for which the fund may be used and how money in the fund must be distributed.
The amendment provides that the Department of Marine Resources must solicit priorities for monitoring and classification of shellfish growing areas from the Shellfish Advisory Council.
The amendment clarifies that private gifts or bequests to the fund may be directed or advised.
The amendment adds a one-time reporting requirement and an appropriations and allocations section.
The amendment provides that the Department of Environmental Protection may establish procedures and criteria for the grant application process, eligibility for grants and the award and use of grants from the fund.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)