Sec. III-1. Calculation and transfer; position count in Department of Human Services and Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the position count identified in section 2 that applies against each General Fund account within the Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services in fiscal year 2004-05 and shall transfer the position count by financial order upon approval of the Governor. These budget transfers are considered an adjustment to position count in fiscal year 2004-05. The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs with a report of the transferred position count no later than November 1, 2004.

Sec. III-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES,

DEPARTMENT OF

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Initiative: Eliminates 31 positions as result of the merger of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services. The funding associated with this reduction in headcount was contained in Public Law 2003, chapter 20, Part B.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

Positions - Legislative Count (0.000) (-31.000)

PART JJJ

Sec. JJJ-1. 4 MRSA §153, first ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 891, Pt. A, §2, is further amended to read:

The State is divided into 30 29 judicial divisions, named and defined as follows, and with places for holding court in those divisions as follows:

Sec. JJJ-2. 4 MRSA §153, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1979, c. 127, §12, is repealed.