| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. A-1. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from | | the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Part. |
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| | | Provides funding for legal | | interpreter services. An | | annual amount of $20,000 is | | available for emergency | | situations and $16,500 per year | | is to be used for training. |
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| | | All Other | | $320,000 | $320,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for additional | | community services to be | | provided by the Maine Center on | | Deafness. An annual amount of | | $200,000 is to be used to | | establish and operate a Bangor | | area office of the Maine Center | | on Deafness. |
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| | | DEPARTMENT OF LABOR | ________ | ________ |
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| | | Sec. B-1. Study committee. The Division of Deafness within the | | Department of Labor, referred to in this Part as the "division," | | shall convene a study committee to study the current legal | | interpreting contract of the Division of Deafness with the | | purpose of recommending to the Legislature how that contract | | could be improved to better serve the needs of the deaf and hard- | | of-hearing. |
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