B.__Failure to allot the funds under subsection 1 could have a significant detrimental impact on current programs.

In case of extraordinary emergency situations, the requirements of subsection 4 may be waived by vote of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs.

Sec. T-6. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§8, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §3, is amended to read:

8. Cooperative purchasing. To permit any political subdivision or school administrative district in the State or nonprofit free health care clinic that provides free primary or preventative services to make purchases of foodstuffs, materials, equipment and supplies through the Bureau of General Services, subject to such procedures, rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the director. This subsection applies to a municipality notwithstanding any provision in its municipal charter to the contrary; and

Sec. T-7. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§9, ¶K, as amended by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. Y, §66, is further amended to read:

K. The Director of the Bureau of General Services shall report to the joint standing committees of the legislature Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters and appropriations and financial affairs matters by February 15th of each year with respect to the status of current vehicle operations, projected requirements, anticipated costs and savings realized to date for each fiscal year.;

Sec. T-8. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§§10 and 11 are enacted to read:

10.__Equipment to be reviewed.__To choose a designee to conduct a thorough review of all types of equipment, including automobiles, pickups and vans, owned, leased or otherwise available to the departments and agencies of the State, regardless of the source of supporting funds, and to make recommendations via the budgetary process for combining the uses of the equipment, providing centralized facilities or eliminating existing equipment and facilities, as believed to be most economical and efficient for the State.__The department may also develop and institute review and control mechanisms considered necessary to ensure that capital equipment purchases authorized