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| | | An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for |
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| | | the Expenditures of State Government and Highway Funds and |
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| | | Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the |
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| | | Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years |
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| | | Ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the 90-day period may not terminate until after the | | beginning of the next fiscal year; and |
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| | | Whereas, certain obligations and expenses incident to the | | operation of state departments and institutions will become due | | and payable immediately; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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