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LR 3177
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
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affected by §14, is repealed and the following enacted in its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:

 
§1664.__Form of budget document

 
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:

 
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;

 
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:

 
(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

 
(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;

 
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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