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and the Legislature must be in the form used by a body corporate
and politic and an instrumentality of the State.

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repealed.

 
Sec. 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. 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 Act 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.

 
4. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5,
section 1585 or any other provision of law, the Maine Military
Authority may establish a head count of personnel and, upon the
recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the
Governor, allot expenditures by financial order based on
estimated revenue in order to implement the provisions of this
Act. Furthermore, all accrued expenditures, assets, liabilities,
balances of appropriations, allocations, transfers, revenues or
other available funds in accounts or subdivisions of accounts of


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