A. For fiscal year 2007-08, the commissioner shall establish a per-pupil amount for after-school program funds.

B. For fiscal year 2008-09 and each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using the amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other comparable index.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §1536, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Transfer from unappropriated surplus beginning at close of fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent fiscal year.__At the close of fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent fiscal year, the State Controller shall transfer an amount up to $3,500,000 available from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the department and agency accounts listed in subsection 6, paragraphs A, B and C 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 before the transfers required pursuant to sections 1507 and 1511.

Sec. B-2. 5 MRSA §1536, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Additional transfer from unappropriated surplus at close of fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent fiscal year.__In addition to the transfer identified in subsection 4, at the close of fiscal year 2006-07 and each subsequent fiscal year, the State Controller shall transfer from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Community College System an amount up to but not exceeding the amount identified by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System reported in Title 20-A, section 12706, subsection 7 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 before the transfers required pursuant to sections 1507 and 1511.

Sec. B-3. 5 MRSA §1536, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Priority of transfers.__Beginning in fiscal year 2007-08 and each subsequent fiscal year, transfers made in accordance with subsections 4 and 5 must be expended for the purposes listed in this subsection in the following amounts and priority order.