| |  | |  | Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, |  | this Act takes effect when approved. | 
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 |  | |  | The increase in salaries will increase the operating costs of |  | Kennebec County.  The estimated annual cost is approximately |  | $6,700.  Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of |  | all members elected to each House exempts the State from the |  | constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional local |  | costs. | 
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 |  | |  | This bill, from the Joint Standing Committee on State and |  | Local Government, increases the salaries of certain county |  | officers in Kennebec County and applies retroactively to January |  | 1, 1999. | 
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