Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §49, as amended by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. HH, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §50, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 476, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §453-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 799, §3 and c. 883, §1, is amended to read:

1. Appointment. The members of the board are appointed by the Governor and are subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and to confirmation by the Legislature, except that the Governor may not appoint any members to the board until such time as funds accrue to the Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §454-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 799, §5, is amended to read:

5. Biennial report and annual plan. The Upon appointment of the board members pursuant to section 453-A, subsection 1, the board shall prepare:

A. A biennial report to be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature. The report must include an audited financial statement of the fund and a listing of activities undertaken by the board in the preceding biennium. The report must be submitted 30 days prior to the convening of each first regular session of the Legislature; and

B. An annual general plan of expenditures and activities of the coming year. The general plan must be submitted to the Legislature for approval 30 days prior to the convening of each regular session.

Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §1589, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 464, §13, is further amended to read:

4. Copies of proposals to Bureau of the Budget and Office of Fiscal and Program Review. Copies of each approved proposal for the expenditure of funds available in each departmentwide and statewide account in accordance with subsection 2 must be submitted from each department's or agency's quality management council and the Maine Quality Management Council, respectively, to the Bureau of the Budget and the Office of Fiscal and Program Review.