| requirements for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium that do | not exceed the Highway Fund appropriation of the previous fiscal | year multiplied by one plus the average real personal income | growth rate or 2.75%, whichever is less.__The Highway Fund | highway and bridge improvement accounts are exempt from this | spending limitation. |
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| | Sec. A-8. 5 MRSA §1710-F, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | 4.__Appropriation limitation.__The committee shall make all | determinations necessary to make the appropriation limitation | calculations required under chapter 142. |
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| | Sec. A-9. 5 MRSA §13063-C, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 451, | Pt. X, §10, is further amended to read: |
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| B. Notwithstanding section 1585, any balance remaining in | the program after July 31, 2007 must be transferred to the | Maine Budget Stabilization Fund as established in section | 1513 1532. |
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| | Sec. A-10. 5 MRSA §17253, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 464, §15, | is amended to read: |
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| | 3. Components of unfunded liability contribution. The annual | valuation report prepared by the actuary in accordance with | section 17107 must include identification of the impact on the | employer contribution rate of any excess General Fund revenues | transferred to the Retirement Allowance Fund pursuant to section | 1517 1532. |
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| | Sec. A-11. 5 MRSA §22001, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. | T, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | 13. Trust fund. "Trust fund" means the Baxter Compensation | Authority Other Special Revenue Fund account authorized pursuant | to former section 1513, subsection 1-T, or its successor. |
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| | Sec. A-12. 25 MRSA §1612, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. | X, §13, is further amended to read: |
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| | 7. Payment from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund. Benefits | are payable from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund as provided | in Title 5, section 1513 1532, subsection 6. |
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| | Sec. A-13. Transition; stabilization fund. Any money in the Maine Budget | Stabilization Fund on the effective date of this Act is deemed to | be in the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund as reconstituted by | this Act. |
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