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prescribed in Title 3, section 2, except that, during the first
year in office of a Governor-elect, the Legislature shall enact a
budget no later than the first Friday in June April.

 
Sec. 5. Application. For the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2007,
the budget of the State must provide for a complete financial
plan for one fiscal year. Those sections of this Act that amend
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, sections 1665, 1666 and
1666-A take effect July 1, 2008.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill shifts the start of the fiscal biennium for the
state budget from the first regular session of the Legislature to
the second regular session of the Legislature, beginning for the
fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2008. This bill also provides
that the state budget beginning on July 1, 2007 is a one-year
budget.


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