| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1664, as amended by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. A, §6 and | affected by §14, is repealed and the following enacted in its | place: |
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| §1664.__Form of budget document |
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| | 1.__Form.__The state budget document, setting forth a 4-year | financial plan for the State Government for each fiscal year of | the ensuing biennium and the following biennium, must: |
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| A.__Consist of a budget message by the Governor-elect or the | Governor that outlines the 4-year financial policy of the | State Government for the ensuing biennium and the following | biennium, describing in connection with the important | features of the financial plan; |
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| B.__Embrace a general budget summary setting forth the | aggregate figures of the budget in such a manner as to show | the balanced relationship between the total proposed | expenditures and the total anticipated revenues together | with the other means of financing the budget for each fiscal | year of the ensuing biennium, contrasted with the | corresponding figures for the last completed fiscal year and | the fiscal year in progress.__The general budget summary | must: |
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| (1)__Be supported by explanatory schedules or | statements, classifying the expenditures contained | therein by organization units, objects and funds and | the income by organization units, sources and funds; | and |
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| (2)__Include a summary and details of programs funded | through the Fund for a Healthy Maine, presenting the | allocation requirements and projected revenues and | other available resources shown in a budget fund flow | statement and a comparative statement that presents | income sources for revenue projections and allocation | estimates by program categories; |
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| C.__Include a financial plan for the following biennium with | forecasted General Fund, Highway Fund and Fund for a Healthy | Maine appropriation requirements and projected revenues by | income sources as provided in chapter 151-B and other | available resources shown in a budget fund flow statement | and a comparative statement that presents income sources for | revenue projections and appropriation estimates by major | program categories; |
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