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allocations in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07, including
allocations from the Fund for a Healthy Maine. The State Budget
Officer shall provide the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial
affairs a report of the transferred amounts no later than January
15, 2007. The following Other Special Revenue Funds accounts are
exempt from these calculations: the Public Reserved Lands
Management Fund account and the Submerged Lands Fund account in
the Department of Conservation; the Baxter State Park Authority
account; the AMHI and BMHI Disproportionate Share accounts and
the Public Drinking Water Fund account in the Department of
Health and Human Services; the Truancy, Dropout and Alternative
Education account in the Department of Education; the
Administrative Revolving Loan and Project account in the
Department of Environmental Protection; the Kennebec Fisheries
account in the Department of Marine Resources; the Nongame
Endangered Species account in the Department of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife; and the Division of Plant Industry account in the
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.

 
Sec. E-4. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of
savings in Part B, section 1 that applies against each Highway
Fund account for all departments and agencies from extending the
amortization schedule of the unfunded liability and shall
transfer the calculated amounts by financial order upon the
approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered
adjustments to allocations in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07.

 
Sec. E-5. Appropriation and position transfers. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Governor is authorized to transfer
positions authorized by the Legislature between accounts and
between departments and to transfer the available balances of any
appropriation or allocation between line categories, accounts and
departments in fiscal year 2005-06 and fiscal year 2006-07 by
financial order. When the Governor determines that the transfer
of a position is necessary, any incumbent in the transferred
position at the time of transfer must be transferred along with
the position.

 
PART F

 
Sec. F-1. 4 MRSA §1610-D is enacted to read:

 
§1610-D. Additional securities

 
Notwithstanding any limitation on the amount of securities
that may be issued pursuant to section 1606, subsection 2, the
authority may issue additional securities in an amount not to


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