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exceed $9,000,000 outstanding at any one time for preliminary
planning costs and capital repairs and improvements at various
state facilities.

 
Sec. F-2. Maine Governmental Facilities Authority; issuance of securities. Pursuant
to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1606, subsection
2 and section 1610-D, and notwithstanding the limitation
contained in Title 4, section 1606, subsection 2 regarding the
amount of securities that may be issued, the Maine Governmental
Facilities Authority is authorized to issue securities in its own
name in an amount up to $9,000,000 for the purpose of paying the
cost, including preliminary planning costs, including but not
limited to needs assessments and space planning, master planning,
capital asset assessments, concept design, design development and
final design including construction drawings, associated with
capital repairs and improvements to state-owned facilities
throughout the State as designated by the Commissioner of
Administrative and Financial Services.

 
Sec. F-3. Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the securities
issued by the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority pursuant to
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1610-D must be
expended for preliminary planning costs and capital repairs and
improvements to state-owned facilities.

 
PART G

 
Sec. G-1. 36 MRSA §4641-B, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt.
V, §1, is further amended to read:

 
4. Distribution of State's share of proceeds. The State Tax
Assessor shall pay all net receipts received pursuant to this
section to the Treasurer of State, and shall at the same time
provide the Treasurer of State with documentation showing the
amount of revenues derived from the tax imposed by section 4641-
A, subsection 1 and the amount of revenues derived from the tax
imposed by section 4641-A, subsection 2. The Treasurer of State
shall credit 1/2 of the revenues derived from the tax imposed by
section 4641-A, subsection 1 to the General Fund and shall
monthly pay the remaining 1/2 of such revenues to the Maine State
Housing Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Housing
Opportunities for Maine Fund created in Title 30-A, section 4853,
except that in fiscal year 2003-04 and, fiscal year 2004-05,
fiscal year 2005-06 and fiscal year 2006-07, $7,500,000 of the
remaining 1/2 of those revenues must be transferred to the
General Fund before any payments are made to the Maine State
Housing Authority. The Treasurer of State shall credit to the


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