§396. Budget

The Adjutant General shall establish a budget for the authority and shall present that budget to the Governor and the Legislature. Budget development and presentation to the Governor and the Legislature must be in the form used by a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State.

Sec. OO-12. 37-B MRSA §398, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is repealed.

Sec. OO-13. 37-B MRSA §399, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is amended to read:

§399. Revenue

Revenue generated by the authority must first be used to support the operation of the authority, including segregation of money for future capital repairs. All other unexpended balances may At the close of the fiscal year, unreserved retained earnings as identified by the State Controller may be transferred at any time prior to the closing of the books to any other non-General Fund state account of an account established within the Military Bureau, including, but not limited to, to be used for capital repair repairs and maintenance of state armories and Maine National Guard tuition assistance.

Sec. OO-14. Transition. The following provisions apply to the Maine Military Authority.

1. Classified and unclassified employees assigned to the Maine Military Authority must be transferred to the Executive Department.

2. All contracts, agreements and compacts to which the Maine Military Authority is a party and that are in effect on the effective date of this Part remain in effect until they expire or are altered by the parties involved in the contracts, agreements or compacts.

3. Commencing with the 2006-2007 fiscal biennium, the Maine Military Authority shall submit a line category budget to the Governor to be included in the unified biennial budget for all state agencies that is submitted to the Legislature as a part of the normal budgetary process.