Sec. C-6. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer may enter into financing arrangements in fiscal years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006- 07 for the acquisition of a statewide accounting and purchasing system, including software, hardware and peripherals, and contractual services associated with the implementation and deployment of the system. The financing agreements may not exceed $10,000,000 in principal costs, and no financing arrangement may exceed 5 years in duration. The interest rate may not exceed 7%. The annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Information Services account.

PART D

Sec. D-1. Transfer from unappropriated surplus at close of fiscal year 2004-05. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the close of fiscal year 2004-05 the State Controller shall transfer up to $8,122,000 available from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Baxter Compensation Authority account in the General Fund after all required deductions of appropriations, budgeted financial commitments and adjustments considered necessary by the State Controller have been made and as the next priority after the transfers required pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, sections 1507, 1511, 1513, 1517 and 1519.

Sec. D-2. Purpose. Transfers made to the Baxter Compensation Authority pursuant to this Part must be expended for claims of former students of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and the Maine School for the Deaf.

Sec. D-3. Transfer. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law,