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from the Maine Clean Election Fund in the upcoming calendar | year 20061, 2006 | | provide a report of its projections of the balances in the | | Maine Clean Election Fund to the Legislature and the Governor | | and may request that the State Controller make the following | | transfers to the Maine Clean Election Fund from the General | | Fund.__These transfers may include up to $2,000,000 no later | | than February 28, 2004, reflecting an advance of the transfer | | of the amounts that would be received on or before January 1, | | 2005 pursuant to this paragraph, and: |
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| | | (1) Up to $2,000,000 no later than February 28, 2006, | | reflecting an advance of the transfer of the amounts | | that would be received on or before January 1, 2007 | | pursuant to this paragraph; and |
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| | | (2) Up to $2,000,000 no later than July 31, 2006, | | reflecting an advance of the transfer of the amounts | | that would be received on or before January 1, 2008 | | pursuant to this paragraph; |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | Part A of this bill appropriates funds to the Commission on | | Governmental Ethics and Election Practices for the following | | purposes. |
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| | | 1. It provides additional funding for the Maine Clean | | Election Fund. |
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| | | 2. It provides additional funds for temporary workers needed | | for election-related data entry and clerical tasks. |
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| | | 3. It provides additional funds for certain technology costs. |
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| | | 4. It provides additional funds for per diem payments for | | commission members. |
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| | | Part B of this bill authorizes the commission to request | | transfers to the Maine Clean Election Fund if it determines that | | the likely demand from the fund in the coming year will exceed | | revenues in the fund. The bill specifically authorizes the | | commission to request a transfer of up to $2,000,000 no later |
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