| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the 90-day period may not terminate until after the | | beginning of the next fiscal year; and |
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| | | Whereas, certain obligations and expenses incident to the | | operation of state departments and institutions will become due | | and payable immediately; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. In order to provide for | | necessary expenditures of State Government and other purposes for | | the fiscal years ending June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2003, the | | following sums as designated in the following tabulations are | | appropriated or allocated out of any money not otherwise | | appropriated or allocated. |
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| | | Sec. A-2. Allotments required. Upon receipt of allotments duly | | approved by the Governor based upon work programs submitted to | | the State Budget Officer, the State Controller shall authorize | | expenditures of these funds, together with expenditures for other | | purposes necessary to the conduct of State Government on the | | basis of these allotments and not otherwise. Allotments for | | Personal Services, Capital Expenditures and amounts for All Other | | departmental expenses may not exceed the amounts shown in the | | budget document or as they may be revised by the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over these | | appropriations and allocations, unless recommended by the State | | Budget Officer and approved by the Governor in accordance with | | established law. |
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| | | Sec. A-3. Personal Services funding. The amounts provided for Personal | | Services in appropriated and allocated programs are subject to | | the provision that the total number of positions and the costs | | thereof in any program may not, during any fiscal year, vary from | | either the positions included in computing the total dollars | | appropriated or allocated for Personal Services or in the | | specific cost of each position upon which the appropriations and | | allocations are based. The State Budget Officer shall take the |
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