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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 to 7 (page 2, lines 26 to 34 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 5. Application; single-year budget 2017-18. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2017, the budget of the State must provide for a complete financial plan for only that one fiscal year.
Sec. 6. Submit legislation. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs shall submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 127th Legislature to address references throughout the Maine Revised Statutes to the "biennial budget" and to make any additional technical changes necessary to implement this Act.
Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Information Services 0155
 
Initiative: Provides funds for the Bureau of the Budget's information system changes required to accommodate the change to the budget biennium.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$245,975	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$245,975	

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$245,975	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$245,975	

LEGISLATURE
 
Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Legislature to contract for assistance to reprogram the Legislature's budget and fiscal note system to accommodate the change to the budget biennium.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$60,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$60,000	$0	

LEGISLATURE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
GENERAL FUND	$60,000	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$60,000	$0	

SECTION TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
GENERAL FUND	$60,000	$245,975	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$60,000	$245,975	
 
Sec. 8. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1665, subsections 1 and 7; Title 5, section 1666, first paragraph; and Title 5, section 1666-A take effect July 1, 2017.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and shifts the start of the fiscal biennium for the state budget from the first regular session of the Legislature to the second regular session of the Legislature beginning with the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2018, instead of July 1, 2016 as proposed in the bill. It also provides that the state budget beginning July 1, 2017, instead of July 1, 2015 as proposed in the bill, is a one-year budget. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)