LD 1319
pg. 403
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LR 2000
Item 1

 
12. It provides for the calculation and transfer of
statewide savings in the Highway Fund from postponing merit
increases for fiscal year 2003-04 and fiscal year 2004-05 that
are identified in Part B, section 1.

 
13. It authorizes the Governor to transfer by financial
order positions authorized by the Legislature between accounts
and between departments and to transfer the available balances
of any General Fund appropriation between line categories,
accounts and departments in fiscal year 2003-04 and fiscal
year 2004-05. When the Governor determines that the transfer
of a position is necessary, any incumbent in the transferred
position at the time of transfer must be transferred along
with the position.

 
14. It transfers $600,000 from the Bureau of Alcoholic
Beverages and Lottery Operations, Internal Service fund in the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the
unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June
30, 2004. It returns the working capital advance no longer
required due to the proposed closure of the remaining 13 State
liquor stores.

 
15. It provides for the calculation and transfer of
statewide savings in the General Fund from retiree health
insurance savings for fiscal year 2003-04 and fiscal year
2004-05 that are identified in Part B, section 1.

 
16. It establishes the Department of Administrative and
Financial Services as the fiscal agent for the Governor's
Office, Blaine House, State Planning Office, the Department of
Economic and Community Development and the Department of
Education.

 
17. It requires the Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services to review the current organizational
structure of the ACE Service Center and the remaining
financial and personnel structures located in the Department
of Conservation, the Department of Environmental Protection
and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to
improve organizational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It
also requires the Department of Administrative and Financial
Services to provide staff resources to the Commissioner of
Administrative and Financial Services from existing personnel
within the department to assist with the review. The
commissioner is authorized to identify savings to the General
Fund from the improvements identified from the review. Any
savings identified must be deallocated by financial order upon
recommendation by the State Budget Officer and approval by the
Governor.

 
It also requires the Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services to present the savings and related
legislation


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