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| 3. It provides that employees who were hired after the effective | | date of this bill have the same rights and benefits as transferred | | employees. |
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| | | 4. It requires that agreements between the Maine Military | | Authority and the bargaining agents in effect at the time of the | | Authority's status change to an executive branch agency must be | | maintained for bargaining unit personnel until changed in | | accordance with applicable labor law principles. |
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| | | Part PP does the following. |
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| | | 1. It increases the statewide E-9-1-1 surcharge by 7¢. |
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| | | 2. It requires that the increased amount of the surcharge be | | deposited in the General Fund. |
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| | | Part QQ does the following. |
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| | | 1. It allows members of the Advisory Committee on Family | | Development Accounts who represent account holders, who must be | | individuals whose income is below 200% of the nonfarm income | | official poverty line, to be paid for expenses. |
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| | | 2. It eliminates the repeal on the provision that allows an | | institution to apply a Maine state grant to reduce institutional | | or other grant aid if the institution grants the institutional or | | grant aid to a student with demonstrated financial need. |
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| | | Part RR changes the date that the sales tax exemption on | | construction contractors and tangible personal property for Pine | | Tree Development Zones would apply from July 1, 2005 to July 1, | | 2004. |
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| | | Part SS does the following. |
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| | | 1. It authorizes the Department of Transportation to sell the | | Payne Road Bridge in Scarborough to the Maine Turnpike Authority. |
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