PART EE

Sec. EE-1. Disaster assistance. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 744, subsection 2-A or any other provisions of law, the Governor may accept public assistance grant funds from the Federal Government for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster declaration FEMA-1468-DR, concerning 10 Maine counties, to help local governments to recover from the effects of extreme winter conditions beginning December 17, 2002 on behalf of local governmental units for the purposes of repair or replacing publicly owned facilities within the disaster area or relocating public facilities outside of the disaster area, as long as the affected local governmental units obligate local financial resources of 25% of the total cost of damage to local public facilities.

PART FF

Sec. FF-1. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $12,500 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $12,500 in fiscal year 2004-05 in savings from the Hazardous Waste Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Environmental Protection to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005.

Sec. FF-2. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $17,995 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $17,995 in fiscal year 2004-05 in savings from the Groundwater Oil Clean-up Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Environmental Protection to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005.

Sec. FF-3. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $59,877 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $58,049 in fiscal year 2004-05 in savings from the Maine Environmental Protection Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Environmental Protection to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005.