Maine § 7 §3945 Use of license fees and court fines retained by municipalities

Maine Statutes

§ 7 §3945 — Use of license fees and court fines retained by municipalities

Maine § 7 §3945

Title 7AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Part 9ANIMAL WELFARE

Ch. 725MUNICIPAL DUTIES

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 7, § 7 §3945 (2026).

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Except for the $1 recording fee pursuant to section 3942 retained by the municipal clerk, all fees and court fines retained by municipalities must be kept in a separate account and must be used for the salaries and costs of animal control, enforcement of licensing laws, care of stray animals that are injured or abandoned and the support of one or more approved animal shelters. Any money not expended for these purposes in a municipality's fiscal year does not lapse, but must be carried over to the next fiscal year.

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Except for the $1 recording fee pursuant to section 3942 retained by the municipal clerk, all fees and court fines retained by municipalities must be kept in a separate account and must be used for the salaries and costs of animal control, enforcement of licensing laws, care of stray animals that are injured or abandoned and the support of one or more approved animal shelters. Any money not expended for these purposes in a municipality's fiscal year does not lapse, but must be carried over to the next fiscal year.