CHAPTER 641

H.P. 852 - L.D. 1234

An Act To Reestablish the Maine Coast Environmental Trust

Fund within the Department of Marine Resources

CHAPTER 641

H.P. 852 - L.D. 1234

An Act To Reestablish the Maine Coast Environmental Trust

Fund within the Department of Marine Resources

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6136 is enacted to read:

§6136.__Maine Coast Environmental Trust Fund

1.__Creation of trust fund.__There is established the Maine Coast Environmental Trust Fund, referred to in this section as "the trust," as an Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Marine Resources.

2.__Purpose of trust.__The purpose of the trust is to protect and improve the quality of the State's marine environment by providing grants to qualifying organizations for activities to advance scientific research concerning the nature, magnitude and effect of pollution of the State's estuarine, near-shore and off- shore marine environments and the means to abate pollution or preserve and enhance estuarine, near-shore and off-shore marine habitats.

3.__Sources for trust.__Money obtained from the following sources must be paid to the Treasurer of State for the benefit of the trust:

A.__Gifts, bequests and donations to the trust from private individuals or corporations desiring to protect and improve the marine environment through applied research;