Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the one-time increase in the 2004 Federal Financial Participation Rate authorized in the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other ($390,534) $0

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General Fund Total ($390,534) $0

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND ($390,534) $0

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS ($390,534) $0

SECTION TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND ($69,860,992) $0

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 44,860,992 0

FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND 25,000,000 0

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SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $0

PART KKK

Sec. KKK-1. 3 MRSA §991, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 702, §2, is amended to read:

§991. Evaluation and Government Accountability

The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability is created for the purpose of providing program evaluation of agencies and programs of State Government. The office also is established to ensure that public funds provided to local and county governments, quasi-municipal governments, special districts, utility districts, regional development agencies or any municipal or nonprofit corporation are expended for the purposes for which they were allocated, appropriated or contracted. When authorized by the committee, the office also may examine or direct an examination of any state contractor financed in whole or part by public funds and any expenditure by any public official or public employee during the course of public duty, including, but not limited to, any expenditure of private money for agency purposes.