| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from | | the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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| | | GOVERNOR BAXTER SCHOOL FOR THE |
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| | | Governor Baxter School for the |
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| | | Provides funds for the Baxter Compensation | | Program for payment of compensation to former | | students who were abused at the Maine School | | for the Deaf or the Governor Baxter School for | | the Deaf and for operation of the program. |
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| | | This bill is a recommendation of the Committee to Develop a | | Compensation Program for Victims of Abuse at the Governor Baxter | | School for the Deaf, created by Resolve 1999, chapter 127, Part | | B. The committee's final report was submitted in December 2000. |
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| | | This bill provides an additional $5,000,000 to the Governor | | Baxter School for the Deaf Student Trust Fund to be used to pay | | compensation and to cover the costs of the operation of the | | Baxter Compensation Program. |
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