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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1507, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. C, §2,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1511, as amended by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. A, §1 and
affected by §14, is repealed.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1518-A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. A, §4 and
affected by §14, is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §§1521 and 1522 are enacted to read:

 
§1521.__Maine Budget Stabilization Fund

 
1.__Establishment.__The Maine Budget Stabilization Fund,
referred to in this section as "the fund," is established and
must be administered for the purposes identified in this section.

 
2.__Transfers to fund; limits.__The fund may receive transfers
by the State Controller of unappropriated surplus at the close of
a fiscal year as provided in section 1995 and any other funds
identified by law.__The fund may not exceed 10% of the total
General Fund revenues received in the immediately preceding
fiscal year and may not lapse, but remains in a continuing
carrying account to carry out the purposes of this section.__The
limit at the close of a fiscal year is based on the total General
Fund revenues received in the fiscal year being closed.

 
3.__Use of fund.__The Legislature may authorize transfers,
appropriations and allocations from the fund only to fund the
costs of State Government up to the expenditure limit calculated
under section 1994 in years when state revenues are less than the
amount necessary to finance the level of expenditure permitted
under section 1994.

 
4.__Investment of funds; proceeds.__The money in the fund may
be invested as provided by law, with the earnings credited to the
fund.__At the close of every month during which the fund is at
the 10% limitation described in subsection 2, the State
Controller shall transfer the excess to the Tax Relief Reserve
Fund established under section 1995.

 
§1522.__Maine Highway Budget Stabilization Fund

 
1.__Establishment.__The Maine Highway Budget Stabilization
Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established
and must be administered for the purposes identified in this
section.


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