General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308

Initiative: Deappropriates funds from General Purpose Aid for Local Schools resulting from construction audit recoveries in the spring of 2004 and reduced costs for state agency clients and provides additional funds for General Purpose Aid for Local Schools to distribute in fiscal year 2004-05.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $900,669

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General Fund Total $0 $900,669

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

GENERAL FUND $0 $9,950,000

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $9,950,000

PART O

Sec. O-1. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; licensing, registration and permitting automation contract. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1589 or any other provision of law, by June 30, 2005, the State Controller shall transfer from the Carrying Balances - IF&W Account to the License and Registration account within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife an amount equal to any encumbrance in the contract between the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and MCI for automating the department's licensing, registration and permitting processes that lapsed to the Carrying Balances - IF&W account at the end of June 30, 2004. Funds transferred according to the provisions of this Part must be used for the same purposes as the original encumbrance.

PART P

Sec. P-1. 15 MRSA §1074, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Miscellaneous costs.__The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court is authorized to use General Fund appropriations to cover miscellaneous costs associated with the operation of the account of deposited cash bail.