HP0180, LD 219, item 1, An Act To Establish a Long-term Funding Source for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

An Act To Establish a Long-term Funding Source for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

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.

HP0180 LD 219	Session - 126th Maine Legislature		LR 775 Item 1
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