| | | F.__The ATV Recreational Management Fund of the Department | | of Conservation; and |
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| | | G.__Boating access sites. |
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| | | 2.__Additional funding.__The appropriation of certain | | additional funds are governed by the following. |
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| | | A.__Appropriations to the Department-wide Inland Fisheries | | and Wildlife program in the department for costs that are | | associated with search and rescue may not be considered | | amounts appropriated to the department under the | | Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 22.__The | | liability of the General Fund for search and rescue costs is | | limited to the amount appropriated. |
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| | | B.__General Fund appropriations to the Fiscal Stability | | Program under subsection 9 may not be considered to be | | amounts appropriated to the department under the | | Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 22. |
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| | | 3.__Revenues.__Actual revenues received in excess of that | | estimated and allocated by the Legislature may not be expended | | without allocation by the Legislature, except that excess federal | | revenues received are subject to the expenditure provisions of | | Title 5, section 1669. |
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| | | 4.__Unencumbered balances.__Any unencumbered allocated | | balances, including existing balances, must be carried forward | | into the next fiscal year and may not be expended without | | allocation by the Legislature, except as provided in this | | section.__Unencumbered balances in the boating access sites | | account are nonlapsing and must be carried forward to be used for | | the same purpose. |
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| | | 5.__Nonlapsing appropriations.__General Fund appropriations to | | the department may not lapse but must be carried forward in a | | separate General Fund program to be used by the department for | | the purposes described in section 10801, subsection 5.__ The | | department, pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, | | Section 22, shall seek legislatively authorized transfers from | | this program to meet the various costs associated with the | | department's other programs. |
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| | | 6.__Savings fund; offset against future fee increases.__A | | savings fund, referred to in this subsection as the "fund," is | | established in the department.__Appropriations to the fund are | | considered funds appropriated to the department under the meaning | | of the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 22.__Money | | appropriated to the fund does not lapse but must be carried |
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