Sec. 7. Retroactivity. The section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1665, subsection 7 is retroactive to April 1, 1998.

Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §1710-E, as amended by PL 1997, c. 655, §4, is further amended to read:

§1710-E. Revenue Forecasting Committee; established; membership

There is established the Revenue Forecasting Committee, referred to in this chapter as the "committee," for the purpose of providing the Governor, the Legislature and the State Budget Officer with analyses, findings and recommendations relating to the projection of revenues for the General Fund and the Highway Fund based on economic assumptions recommended by the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission. The committee includes the State Budget Officer, the State Tax Assessor, the State Economist and, an economist on the faculty of the University of Maine System selected by the chancellor, the Director of the Office of Fiscal and Program Review and an analyst from the Office of Fiscal and Program Review designated by the director of that office. One of the 6 members must be selected by a majority vote of the committee members to serve as the chair of the committee.

Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§72, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 786, §5, is repealed.

Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§72-A, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 168, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §13082, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 534, Pt. A, §§17 and 19, is amended to read:

A. Money in the fund which that is not obligated on the effective date of this Act shall October 1, 1987 must be distributed between the 2 accounts, with 2/3 allocated to the rural account and 1/3 allocated to the urban account.

Sec. 12. 5 MRSA §17851, sub-§11, as amended by PL 1997, c. 769, §10, is further amended to read:

11. Maine State Prison employees. Except as provided in section 17851-A, the warden or deputy warden of the Maine State Prison, any officer or employee of the Maine State Prison employed as a guard or in the management of prisoners or any person employed as the supervising officer of those officers or