and until all money in the fund is exhausted.
(2) The commission may award only one grant during a
calendar year for each office location of a wildlife
rehabilitator.
(e) Notice.--After making a determination regarding the
approval or denial, in whole or in part, of an application under
the program, the commission shall provide written notice of the
determination to the applicant. The following apply:
(1) If the commission approves the application, the
notice must include the amount of the grant awarded and any
conditions or restrictions on the use of the grant.
(2) If the commission denies the application, in whole
or in part, the notice must include the reasons for the
denial.
(f) Report by wildlife rehabilitator.--No later than the May
1 after a wildlife rehabilitator receives a grant under this
act, the wildlife rehabilitator shall provide to the commission
information on the use of the grant, including the wildlife
intake and wildlife rehabilitation efforts made possible as a
result of the grant, on a form and in a manner determined by the
commission.
Section 5. Wildlife Rehabilitation Grant Fund.
(a) Establishment.--The Wildlife Rehabilitation Grant Fund
is established as a nonlapsing fund in the State Treasury. Any
money remaining in the fund, including interest, at the end of
each fiscal year shall revert to the Game Fund.
(b) Fund sources.--
(1) Funding for the program shall consist of an annual
transfer in the amount of $300,000 to the fund from the Game
Fund.
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