An Act To Allow Use Of The Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund To Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime

LD 76 amends Maine law to allow the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to cover overtime pay for hatchery staff when overtime is operationally required for fish stocking or other essential hatchery work. Previously, the fund was limited to maintenance, repairs, and capital improvements at state hatcheries. This change explicitly adds overtime costs for these specific operational needs to the fund's allowable uses. The bill specifies the fund cannot be used for general hatchery operations or for overtime outside these required situations.