12 §201. Allocation of funds - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 1: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Chapter 1: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

Subchapter 5: FINANCES

§201. Allocation of funds

1. Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to districts. Unless otherwise provided by law, moneys which may be under the control of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources in the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Fund, or in any other account, shall be allocated by the State Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources among the districts already organized or to be organized, in accordance with the procedure specified in subsection 2. All moneys allocated to any district by the said Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall be available to the supervisors of such district for all administrative and other expenses of the district under this chapter.

[ 1969, c. 477, §1 (AMD); 1995, c. 532, §17 (AMD) .]

2. Budget and allocations. Allocations to soil and water conservation districts shall be made on the basis of a budget submitted by each district to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources by February 1st of each year. In making such allocations of such moneys, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall retain an amount estimated by it to be adequate to enable it to make subsequent allocations in accordance with this section from time to time among newly organized districts.

[ 1967, c. 494, §12 (AMD); 1995, c. 532, §17 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1965, c. 190, §19 (AMD). 1967, c. 494, §12 (AMD). 1969, c. 477, §1 (AMD). 1995, c. 532, §17 (AMD).