Sec. D-26. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $225,000 from the Maine Clean Election Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.

PART E

Sec. E-1. 22 MRSA §2512, sub-§2, ¶P, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 777, §1, is amended to read:

P. Establish the method for providing voluntary inspection and withdrawal of inspection of exotic animals, wild game, domesticated deer and domestic rabbits. These rules may also provide for the inspection of meat and meat food products derived from those animals. The commissioner shall provide voluntary inspection of bison, domesticated deer and ratite produced in the State, including the inspection of meat and meat food products derived from bison, domesticated deer and ratite, for which the commissioner shall charge a fee of $5 $35 per hour. The commissioner shall charge $20 $35 per hour per inspection of meat and meat food products processed in the State but derived from bison, domesticated deer and ratite produced outside the State.

Sec. E-2. Meat and poultry inspection reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement for activities performed under the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, chapter 562-A.

PART F

Sec. F-1. 3 MRSA §2, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 509, §1, is further amended to read:

Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, beginning with the first Wednesday of December 2000 and thereafter, is entitled to $10,815 in the first year and $7,725 in the 2nd year of each biennium, except that if a Legislator who is a recipient of retirement benefits from the federal Social Security Administration files a written request with the Executive Director of the Legislative Council within one week after the biennium commences, the Legislator is entitled to $9,270 in each year of the biennium. Each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives must receive a cost-of-living