| | | (2) The department may enter into an enforceable, | | written agreement with a public, quasi-public or | | municipal organization or a private, nonprofit | organization dedicated to for the protection of | wetlands and other natural areas for the purposes of | receiving.__Such an organization must demonstrate the | ability to receive compensation fees, administering the | administer a wetlands compensation fund and ensuring | | ensure that compensation projects are implemented | consistent with the local, regional or state wetland | management priorities identified by the department for | | the watershed in which the project is located. If | | compensation fees are provided to an authorized | | organization, the organization shall maintain records | of expenditures and provide an annual summary report to | | as requested by the department. If the authorized | | agency is a state agency other than the department, the | | agency shall establish a fund meeting the requirements | | specified in subparagraph (1). If the organization | | does not perform in accordance with this subsection or | | with the requirements of the written agreement, the | | department may revoke the organization's authority to | | conduct activities in accordance with this subsection. | If an organization's authorization is revoked, any | funds remaining in the wetlands compensation fund must | be provided to the department. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical | rules under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 38 MRSA §480-Z, sub-§§5 and 6, as amended by PL 2001, c. 232, | | §17, are repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 38 MRSA §568-A, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 374, §5, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 7. Repeal date. This section is repealed December 31, 2005 | | 2010. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 38 MRSA §568-B, sub-§3 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3.__Repeal date.__This section is repealed December 31, 2010. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 38 MRSA §569-A, sub-§5, ĥA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 505, Pt. | | A, §12, is further amended to read: |
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| | A. Until December 31, 2005, a A fee is assessed of 38˘ per | | barrel of gasoline; 19˘ per barrel of refined petroleum products | | and their by-products other than gasoline, liquid asphalt and #6 | | fuel oil, including #2 fuel oil, kerosene, |
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