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PART C

 
Sec. C-1. 7 MRSA §3153-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 120, §2, is
amended to read:

 
§3153-A. Dairy stabilization subsidy

 
If the base price of milk falls below $16.94 per hundredweight
in any month beginning September 1, 2003 and ending December 31,
2003 May 31, 2004, the administrator of the Maine Milk Pool shall
distribute to Maine milk producers on a per hundredweight basis
55% 40% for the months of January to May 2004 of the difference
between $16.94 per hundredweight and the base price of milk per
hundredweight. The amount distributed for milk produced during
the period between September 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003 May
31, 2004 may not exceed $3,000,000 $2,100,000. The Governor
shall provide these funds to the Maine milk pool administrator
for distribution to Maine milk producers, as provided for in this
section, during the months of October 2003 to January June 2004.
The base price of milk is the Suffolk County, Massachusetts Class
I price of milk as determined for each month by the Northeast
Market Administrator of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The Governor shall seek a General Fund appropriation
during the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature if
needed for the purposes of this section.

 
Sec. C-2. Pollution Control Structures - Carrying Account; lapsed balances.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $290,064 of the
encumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2003-04 in the
Pollution Control Structures - Carrying Account, General Fund
account in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Resources is disencumbered. The amount of $290,064 in this
account lapses to the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.

 
Sec. C-3. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the State Controller shall transfer $103,566 from the Maine
Milk Pool, Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department
of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to the unappropriated
surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.

 
PART D

 
Sec. D-1. Division of Forest Protection; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $207,187 of unencumbered balance forward
in fiscal year 2003-04 in the Division of Forest Protection,
General Fund account in the Department of Conservation lapses to
the General Fund in fiscal year 2003-04.


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