CHAPTER 641

S.P. 744 - L.D. 1900

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Community

Preservation Advisory Committee Regarding the State

Planning Office's Review of Growth Management Programs

Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, several municipalities may lose financial assistance and regional planning grants if the law is not clarified to allow those grants to be carried forward twice; and

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,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1589, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 464, §5, is further amended to read:

At the end of each fiscal year, unencumbered appropriation and allocation balances lapse into the appropriate fund and are not available unless authorized by law. Encumbered balances may not be carried forward more than once at the end of a fiscal year, except that all encumbered balances and accounts for financial assistance and regional planning grants in accordance with Title 30-A, chapter 187 may be carried forward for 2 years beyond the year in which those balances are encumbered.