Sec. 1. 7 MRSA c. 415 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 415

MAINE PESTICIDE EDUCATION FUND

§2421.__Fund established

The Maine Pesticide Education Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is established.__The fund consists of revenues received pursuant to Title 8, section 387 and any funds received as contributions from private and public sources.__The fund, to be accounted within the department, must be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts.__ Eligible investment earnings credited to the assets of the fund become part of the assets of the fund.__Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.

§2422.__Expenditures from fund; distribution

Funds in the Maine Pesticide Education Fund must be distributed as follows:

1.__Integrated Pest Management Fund.__Three percent of the money in the fund to the Integrated Pest Management Fund established under section 2405;

2.__Pesticide education and pesticide pick-up programs.__ Fifty-two percent of the money in the fund to the Board of Pesticides Control for pesticide education programs and pesticide pick-up programs; and

3.__Pest management education.__Forty-five percent of the money in the fund to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for pest management education programs, including, but not limited to, homeowner integrated pest management, structural and school pest management and medical and veterinary pest management.

Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Pesticide education lottery game.__No later than January 30, 2006, the commission, in consultation with the Integrated Pest Management Council and the Board of Pesticides Control, shall develop and initiate a pesticide education lottery game designed to raise funds for the Maine Pesticide Education Fund established pursuant to Title 7, chapter 415.__The commission