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for specific bond issues requiring an allocation of the state
ceiling or for carryforward. This procedure supersedes the federal
formula to the full extent that the United States Code, Title 26,
authorizes the Legislature to vary the federal formula.
Allocations may be reviewed by the Legislature periodically and
unused allocations may be reallocated to other issuers; however,
notwithstanding the existence of legislation allocating or
reallocating all or any portion of the state ceiling, at any time
during the period from September 1st to and including December 31st
of any calendar year, and at any other time that the Legislature is
not in session, a group consisting of a representative of each of
the issuers specifically identified in subsections 4, 6 and, 7, 8
and 8-A; a representative of a corporation created pursuant to the
former Title 20, section 2237 and Title 20-A, section 11407; and a
representative of the Governor designated each year by the Governor
may, by written agreement executed by no fewer than 4 of the 5 6
voting representatives, allocate amounts not previously allocated
and reallocate unused allocations from one of the specific issuers
designated in this section to another specific issuer for further
allocation or carryforward, with respect to the state ceiling for
that calendar year only. In no event may any issuer have more than
one vote.__If an issuer is allocated a portion of the state ceiling
in more than one category, the written agreement must be executed
by no fewer than 4 of the 6 voting representatives. The issuer
specifically identified in subsection 5 and a representative of the
Department of Economic and Community Development designated each
year by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development
shall participate as nonvoting members of the group of
representatives described in this subsection with respect to
agreements or recommendations for allocation or reallocation of the
state ceiling. Except for records containing specific and
identifiable personal information acquired from applicants for or
recipients of financial assistance, the records of the group of
representatives described in this subsection are public records and
the meetings of the group of representatives described in this
subsection are public proceedings within the meaning of Title 1,
chapter 13, subchapter I 1.

 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §363, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1999, c. 728, §6 and
affected by §20 and amended by PL 2001, c. 44, §11 and affected
by §14, is further amended to read:

 
8. Allocations to the Maine Educational Loan Authority. That
portion of the state ceiling allocated to the categories of bonds
providing funds for the purposes of a corporation created
pursuant to the former Title 20, section 2237, and Title 20-A,
section 11407, or of issuance of bonds by the Maine Educational
Loan Authority pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 417-A must be


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