Sec. D-22. Merit increases. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 979-D and any other provision of law, any merit increase, regardless of funding source, scheduled to be awarded between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2005 to any person employed by the Executive Branch, departments of the constitutional officers and the Department of Audit may not be awarded, authorized or implemented. These savings may be replaced by other Personal Services savings by agreement of the State and the bargaining agents representing state employees.

Sec. D-23. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services in cooperation with the Treasurer of State may enter into financing arrangements related to fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05 for the acquisition of motor vehicles for the Central Motor Pool. The financing agreements may not exceed 4 years in duration and $5,000,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 6%, and total interest costs may not exceed $762,000. The annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Central Motor Pool account.

Sec. D-24. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $100,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 from the Real Property Lease Internal Service Fund Account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30th of each fiscal year to reflect savings as a result of the renegotiation of leases.

Sec. D-25. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $6,112,290 from the fiscal year 2002-03 unallocated balance in the Fund for a Healthy Maine Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the