Initiative: Provides a one-time adjustment to appropriations and allocations to reflect the availability of Other Special Revenue Funds from the sale of the Freeport Towne Square property.

GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $0 ($1,000,000)

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 ($1,000,000)

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $0 $1,000,000

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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $0 $1,000,000

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,

DEPARTMENT OF (Formerly BDS)

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2005-06 2006-07

GENERAL FUND ($389,533) ($1,825,273)

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS $0 $1,000,000

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS ($389,533) ($825,273)

Sec. NN-8. Effective date. Those sections of this Part that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 1001, subsection 8 and Title 34-B, section 1409 and that repeal Title 34-B, chapter 5, subchapter 3, Article 1 take effect October 1, 2005.

PART OO

Sec. OO-1. 34-B MRSA §1001, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__Office of advocacy.__"Office of advocacy" means a private entity contracted with by the commissioner to perform the duties described in section 1205.

Sec. OO-2. 34-B MRSA §1205, as amended by 1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §18, is further amended to read:

§1205. Office of advocacy

1. Establishment. The Office of Advocacy is established within the Office of Advocacy and Consumer Affairs of the department commissioner shall contract with a private entity to perform the functions of an office of advocacy solely to