ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 472

4-208.

(A)     There is a State Fisheries Management and Protection Fund in the
Department.

(B)     Any money received from any fish and fisheries license, stamp, permit, or
application fee as provided in this title, unless otherwise provided shall be [credited]:

(1)      CREDITED to the Fund; and

(2)      [used] USED only for [the]:

(I) THE scientific investigation, protection, propagation, and
management of nontidal finfish; AND

(II) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH §
1-103(B)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE.

4-209.

(a)     There is a Fisheries Research and Development Fund in the Department.

(b)     Any money the State Comptroller receives under the provisions of this title
from commercial licenses, permits, and service fees, taxes, and royalties paid to the
State for oyster shells and clam shells removed from the bottom beneath the tidal
waters of the State, from the sale of seed oysters under § 4-1103 of this title, or any
source, together with any fine or forfeiture collected under § 4-1202 of this title, shall
be credited to the Fisheries Research and Development Fund.

(c)     Subject to the limitations described in §§ 4-701(i), 4-1020, 4-1028 and
4-1035, the Fund shall be used for [replenishing]:

(1)     REPLENISHING fisheries resources[,] AND related research[, and to
match];

(2)      MATCHING federal funds available for research and development of
fisheries resources; AND

(3)     ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH §
1-103(B)(2) OF THIS ARTICLE.

5-103.

(d)     (1) If the constructing agency is unable to locate a sufficient amount of
State or other publicly owned land or available forest mitigation bank credits to
comply with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, the constructing agency
shall contribute money, at the rate of 10 cents per square foot of the area of required
planting, to a special fund to be maintained in the Department and to be known as
the Reforestation Fund.

(2) There is a Reforestation Fund in the Department.

(e)     (1) Money deposited in the Reforestation Fund:

(i) Shall remain in the Fund until appropriated and spent; and

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