C.__Department or agency heads are authorized to transfer up to 5% in the aggregate of the line category from which or to which the funds are being transferred;

D.__The State Budget Officer is authorized to transfer up to 15% in the aggregate of the line category from which or to which the funds are being transferred;

E.__Transfers in excess of 15% in the aggregate of the line category from which or to which the funds are being transferred must be authorized by the Governor by financial order, upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer;

F.__Access to information pertaining to appropriation, allocation or position transfers must be made available in a standard report to the Office of Fiscal and Program Review, as provided for in section 1667-A; and

G.__With the exception of the Federal Expenditures Fund and the Federal Block Grant Fund, as provided for in section 1669, appropriation, allocation or position transfers contemplated by a department or agency head as a result of a change in a benchmark or target for one or more objectives in the department or agency must be authorized by the Legislature.

Sec. W-2. 5 MRSA §1662, sub-§3 is amended to read:

3. Changes. To examine and recommend for approval any changes in the work program and quarterly allotments of any department or agency of the State Government during the fiscal year.__Authority to reallot in a current quarter cumulative allotment from a prior quarter or quarters during the fiscal year may be delegated to the department or agency head, or the head's designee;

PART X

Sec. X-1. 5 MRSA §1511, as amended by PL 2001, c. 559, Pt. V, §1, is further amended to read: