| | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | emergencies; and |
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| | Whereas, the 90-day period may not terminate until after the | beginning of the next fiscal year; and |
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| | Whereas, certain obligations and expenses incident to the | operation of state departments and institutions will become due | and payable immediately; and |
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| | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | therefore, |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. In order to provide for | necessary expenditures of State Government and other purposes for | the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the | following sums as designated in the following tabulations are | appropriated or allocated out of money not otherwise appropriated | or allocated. |
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| | Sec. A-2. Personal Services funding. The amounts provided for Personal | Services in appropriated and allocated programs are subject to | the provision that the total number of positions and the costs | thereof in any program may not, during any fiscal year, vary | either from the positions included in computing the total dollars | appropriated or allocated for Personal Services or in the | specific cost of each position upon which the appropriations and | allocations are based. This provision excludes positions funded | by the Maine Military Authority Enterprise Fund. The State | Budget Officer shall take the action necessary to ensure | compliance with this section except as provided for in this | section and the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1583-B. |
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| | Except as indicated below, savings accruing from unused | funding of employee benefits may not be used to increase services | provided by employees. Except as indicated below, accrued salary | savings generated from vacant positions within an appropriation | or allocation for Personal Services may be used for the payment | of nonrecurring Personal Services costs within the account where | the savings exist. In the 2006-2007 biennium only, accrued | savings generated from vacant positions within a General Fund |
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