PUBLIC Law Chapter 20

	Sec. D-11. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings
in Part B, section 1 that applies against each General Fund account
for all departments and agencies from savings associated with
postponing merit increases and shall transfer the amounts by
financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers
are considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal years 2003-
04 and 2004-05. The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
appropriations and financial affairs a report of the transferred
amounts no later than January 15, 2005.

Sec. D-12. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of
savings in Part B, section 1 that applies against each Other
Special Revenue Funds account for all departments and agencies
from savings associated with postponing merit increases and shall
transfer the calculated amounts to the General Fund by financial
order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are
considered adjustments to allocations in fiscal years 2003-04 and
2004-05, including allocations from the Fund for a Healthy Maine.
The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
appropriations and financial affairs a report of the transferred
amounts no later than January 15, 2005. The following Other
Special Revenue Funds accounts are exempt from these
calculations: the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund account
and the Submerged Lands Fund account in the Department of
Conservation and the Baxter State Park Authority account.

Sec. D-13. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of
savings in Part B, section 1 that applies against each Highway
Fund account for all departments and agencies from savings
associated with postponing merit increases and shall transfer the
calculated amounts by financial order upon the approval of the
Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to
allocations in fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05. The State Budget
Officer shall provide the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial
affairs a report of the transferred amounts no later than January
15, 2005.

Sec. D-14. Appropriation and position transfers. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Governor is authorized by financial order
to transfer positions authorized by the Legislature between
accounts and between departments and to transfer the available
balances of any General Fund appropriation

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