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PART OO<br />
SUMMARY<br />
This Part consolidates the Dairy Industry Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account<br />
into the Maine Milk Commission, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the same Milk<br />
Commission program to gain administrative efficiencies.<br />
PART PP<br />
Sec. PP-1. 7 MRSA §3906-B, sub-§16, as amended in PL 2009, c. 548, §1, is further<br />
amended to read:<br />
16. Animal welfare auxiliary fund. The commissioner may accept gifts, donations,<br />
bequests, endowments, grants and matching funds from any private or public source for the<br />
purposes of ensuring the humane and proper treatment of animals and enhancing the<br />
administration and enforcement of this Part and Title 17, chapter 42. The commissioner shall<br />
deposit all funds accepted for these purposes and all proceeds from sales authorized under<br />
subsection 17 into a separate, nonlapsing account known as the animal welfare auxiliary fund<br />
operating as a unit within the Animal Welfare Fund program. All gifts, donations, bequests,<br />
endowments, grants, proceeds and matching funds received must be used for the benefit of and<br />
accomplishment of the objectives in this Part and Title 17, chapter 42 and any gift, donation,<br />
bequest, endowment, grant or matching funds accepted with a stipulated purpose may be used<br />
only for that purpose.<br />
All money deposited in the animal welfare auxiliary fund in accordance with section 1820-<br />
A, subsection 4 must be used for investigating alleged cases of mistreatment or abuse of equines<br />
and enhancing enforcement of this Part and Title 17, chapter 42 as these laws pertain to equines.<br />
PART PP<br />
SUMMARY<br />
This Part consolidates the Animal Welfare Auxiliary Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds<br />
account into the Animal Welfare Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the same<br />
Animal Welfare Fund program to recognize administrative efficiencies.<br />
PART QQ<br />
Sec. QQ-1. 12 MRSA §541-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. C, §3, is further<br />
amended to read:<br />
The Division of Geology, Natural Areas and Coastal Resources is established within the<br />
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and is administered by the commissioner.<br />
The division consists of the Maine Geological Survey, referred to in this chapter as the “survey,”<br />
and the Natural Areas Program and the Maine Coastal Program. The director of the bureau is the<br />
director of the survey.<br />
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