LD 30, Page 2 - 122th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

may not be deemed an appropriation of the previous fiscal year for

purposes of calculating the State's General Fund appropriation

limitation, nor may such appropriations in excess of the

appropriation limitation continue for longer than required to

comply with the court order or decree or address the extraordinary

event.__Notwithstanding any of the limitations in this paragraph,

the limitation on General Fund appropriations may be exceeded upon

the 2/3 vote of each House of the Legislature, provided that any

resolution or legislation authorizing the appropriation contains

specific language indicating that the Legislature intends to

override the appropriation limitations for the current fiscal year.__

The General Fund appropriation limitation in this section may

adjust up or down, on a going-forward basis, as necessary to permit

the State to meet the goal of 55% state funding of kindergarten to

grade 12 education costs pursuant to the School Finance Act of 2003

set forth in Title 20-A, chapter 606-C and to implement the

essential programs and services model set forth in Title 20-A,

chapter 606-B.

Sec. A-2. 5 MRSA §1678 is enacted to read:

§1678.__Annual spending limitation report

The Office of Fiscal and Program Review, in consultation with
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine
Revenue Services, the Department of Education, a statewide
organization representing municipalities, a statewide
organization representing school management and a statewide
organization representing county commissioners and other
interested parties or associations that may be able to collect
the necessary data in a timely manner, shall issue a report
annually that identifies for each fiscal year the degree to which
State Government complied with the spending limitations
established in section 1664, the county governments complied with
the spending limitations established in Title 30-A, section 706-
A, the school administrative units complied with the spending
limitations established in Title 20-A, chapter 101, subchapter 3
and the municipalities complied with the spending limitations
established in Title 30-A, section 5721-A or, in the alternative,
exceeded their respective statutory spending limits.__Upon its
publication, the report must be distributed to the Governor, the
Legislature and each of the parties or associations that
consulted with the Office of Fiscal and Program Review in the
development of the report.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 30-A MRSA §5721-A is enacted to read:

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