Sec. U-3. Federal Expenditures Fund account. Funds received from the Federal Government as a result of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 must be deposited in an account that must be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts. Interest earned on funds deposited in the Help America Vote Act of 2002 Federal Expenditures Fund account must accrue to the account and become part of the assets of the account.

PART V

Sec. V-1. Appointment of temporary officials. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1, the temporary terms of the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services and the Acting Commissioner of the Department of Human Services may be extended 6 months beyond the current scheduled end dates of those temporary positions.

PART W

Sec. W-1. 5 MRSA §1585, as amended by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. BB, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§1585.__Transfer of positions and unexpended appropriations or

allocations

1.__Transfer procedures.__The balance of an appropriation or allocation made by the Legislature for any department or agency of the State may be transferred between line categories and accounts within the same fund in the same department or agency for the same fiscal year.__Any position authorized by the Legislature for a department or agency may be transferred between accounts within the same fund in the same department or agency, subject to the limitations of this subsection and section 1583-A, for the same fiscal year.__Those appropriation, allocation or position transfers must be in accordance with the following standards:

A.__Department or agency heads must comply with the Civil Service Law and applicable rules and collective bargaining agreements;