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section 16 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments | | must be made to those employees of the State who were not | | authorized to receive merit increases in fiscal year 2003-04 as a | | result of the provisions of Public Law 2003, chapter 20, Part D, | | section 22 as provided by agreement between the State and | | bargaining agents representing state employees. Confidential | | employees, defined as executive branch employees in positions | | excluded from bargaining pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, | | Title 26, section 979-A, subsection 6, paragraphs B, C, D, I and J, | | must receive similar and equitable treatment. The General Fund and | | Other Special Revenue Funds share of the payments must be made from | | the General Fund Salary Plan account, and the Highway Fund share of | | the payments must be made from the Highway Fund Salary Plan | | account. All other payments must be made from the appropriate | | account for each affected employee. This sum may not be considered | | earnable compensation under the Maine State Retirement System. |
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| | | Sec. BBB-2. Payment for merit increases; institutional services employees. | | Notwithstanding Public Law 2003, chapter 20, Part D, section 22, | | or any other provision of law, those institutional services | | employees who would have been eligible to receive a step increase | | from Step 6 to Step 7 during the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, | | 2004 as a merit increase bargained for as a result of a market | | pay study must be paid those merit increases if provided for in | | an agreement between the State and the bargaining agent for the | | institutional services employees. The General Fund share of the | | payments must be made from the General Fund Salary Plan account. | | All other payments must be made from the appropriate account for | | each affected employee. |
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| | | Sec. BBB-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations | | and allocations are made. |
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| | | ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, |
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| | | Initiative: Appropriates funds for payment of step increases as | | provided for in an agreement between the State and the bargaining | | unit for the institutional services employees. |
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| | | General Fund | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
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| | | Personal Services | $0 | $250,000 |
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| | | General Fund Total | $0 | $250,000 |
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