D.__An employee of the council may return to state employment at any time up to 2 years from the effective date of this section.__Employees expressing such a preference must be placed on the appropriate registers maintained by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources and must be treated as though on recall in accordance with current collective bargaining provisions.

Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect September 30, 2003.

Sec. 5. Transfer of funds. The State Budget Officer is authorized to eliminate headcount and transfer funds by financial order in fiscal year 2003-04 from the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services' Personal Services Federal Expenditures Fund allocations to the All Other line category of the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council to reflect the council as a public instrumentality of the State. The State Budget Officer shall consult with the Commissioner of Behavioral and Developmental Services on the amount to be transferred and may not transfer funds required to support the costs associated with the elimination of state employees and the establishment of the council as an independent advisory agency. Transfers made pursuant to this section are considered adjustments to allocations in fiscal year 2003-04.

Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Maine Developmental Disabilities Council 0977

Initiative: Eliminates position count and provides for a line category transfer from Personal Services to All Other to reflect the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council as an independent advisory agency.

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05