G. To invest as a source of revenue or security for the payment of principal and interest on general or special obligations of the bank if the proceeds of the sale of the obligations have been deposited in the fund, or if the proceeds of the sale of the obligations are used for the purposes authorized in paragraph A and certified under subsection 5, or as a source of revenue to subsidize the school administrative unit loan payment obligations; and

H. To pay the costs of the bank and the Department of Education associated with the administration of the fund and projects financed by the fund, except that no more than the lesser of 2% of the aggregate of the highest fund balances in any fiscal year and 4% of the combined value of any capitalization grants provided by the United States for deposit in the fund may be used for these purposes. The Commissioner of Education is authorized to receive revenue from the fund administered by the bank. Funds provided to the Department of Education from the fund must be deposited in a nonlapsing dedicated account to be used to carry out the purposes of this section; and.

Sec. L-3. 30-A MRSA §6006-F, sub-§3, ¶I, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 787, §13, is repealed.

PART M

Sec. M-1. 22 MRSA §8712, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5. Assisting efficiency in budgeting and planning.__The organization shall prepare reports for the exclusive use of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Governor detailing the claims experience of health care benefits funded, in whole or in part, by the General Fund.

PART N

Sec. N-1. Vacancy report. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall review vacant positions throughout State Government, regardless of funding source. The department shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs by January 15, 2006 with any recommendations for position eliminations.