Governmental Ethics and Election

Practices - Commission on 0414

Initiative: Appropriates funds for necessary software costs and the operational costs for maintaining 2 servers.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $7,500

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General Fund Total $0 $7,500

Governmental Ethics and Election

Practices - Commission on 0414

Initiative: Appropriates funds for per diem payments to commission members.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $1,500 $1,500

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General Fund Total $1,500 $1,500

GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND ELECTION

PRACTICES, COMMISSION ON

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND $1,557,701 $14,000

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $1,557,701 $14,000

PART B

Sec. B-1. 21-A MRSA §1124, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 714, Pt. RR, §1, is further amended to read:

B. Two million dollars of the revenues from the taxes imposed under Title 36, Parts 3 and 8 and credited to the General Fund, transferred to the fund by the State Controller on or before January 1st of each year, beginning January 1, 1999. These revenues must be offset in an equitable manner by an equivalent reduction within the administrative divisions of the legislative branch and executive branch agencies. This section may not affect the funds distributed to the Local Government Fund under Title 30-A, section 5681.

If the commission determines that the fund will not have sufficient revenues to cover the likely demand for funds