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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §363, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 443, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
1-A. Procedure. For each calendar year, the Legislature may
establish a procedure for allocation of the entire amount of the
state ceiling by allocating an amount of the state ceiling to the
specific issuers designated in this section for further
allocation by each specific issuer to itself or to other issuers
for specific bond issues requiring an allocation of the state
ceiling or for carryforward. This procedure supersedes the
federal formula to the full extent that the United States Code,
Title 26, authorizes the Legislature to vary the federal formula.
Allocations may be reviewed by the Legislature periodically and
unused allocations may be reallocated to other issuers; however,
notwithstanding the existence of legislation allocating or
reallocating all or any portion of the state ceiling, at any time
during the period from September 1st to and including December
31st of any calendar year, and at any other time that the
Legislature is not in session, a group consisting of a
representative of each of the issuers specifically identified in
subsections 4 to, 6 and 7; a representative of a corporation
created pursuant to the former Title 20, section 2237 and Title
20-A, section 11407; and a representative of the Governor
designated each year by the Governor may, by written agreement
executed by no fewer than 5 4 of the 6 5 voting representatives,
allocate amounts not previously allocated and reallocate unused
allocations from one of the specific issuers designated in this
section to another specific issuer for further allocation or
carryforward, with respect to the state ceiling for that calendar
year only. The issuer specifically identified in subsection 5
and a representative of the Department of Economic and Community
Development designated each year by the Commissioner of Economic
and Community Development shall participate as nonvoting members
of the group of representatives described in this subsection with
respect to agreements or recommendations for allocation or
reallocation of the state ceiling.__Except for records containing
specific and identifiable personal information acquired from
applicants for or recipients of financial assistance, the records
of the group of representatives described in this subsection are
public records and the meetings of the group of representatives
described in this subsection are public proceedings within the
meaning of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter I.

 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §363, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 671, §1, is
further amended to read:


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