PART R

Part R does the following.

1. It eliminates the Director of Liquor Enforcement, Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety and Director of the Bureau of Highway Safety as major policy-influencing positions from the Department of Public Safety.

2. It amends the current provision to clarify that 1/2 of the fines and forfeitures collected should be deposited in a nonlapsing Other Special Revenue Funds account of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for the purpose of providing funds for training and recertification of part-time and full-time law enforcement officers.

3. It amends the current provisions regarding the surcharge imposed by the court on fines, forfeitures and penalties. It also changes the allocation paid to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy from 1/6 to 2/7.

4. It repeals the existing provisions regarding the Maine Community Policing Institute Surcharge Fund.

5. It repeals the existing provisions that established the Bureau of Highway Safety.

6. It changes the distribution of fees collected by the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification. The revenues generated from fees will be credited entirely to the General Fund.

PART S

Part S does the following.

1. It transfers $149,703 of savings from the Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, Administrative Services and Corporations, Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of the Secretary of State to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.

2. It transfers $20,000 of savings from the Archives, Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of the Secretary of State to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.