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HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL ($1,316,443)

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2005-06 2006-07

HIGHWAY FUND $2,225,000 $3,050,000

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS $500,000 $500,000

ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FUND $409,253 $222,165

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $3,134,253 $3,772,165

PART B

Sec. B-1. PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. PPP, §2 is amended to read:

*Sec. PPP-2. Costs to Highway Fund. Costs to the Highway Fund must be provided in the Salary Plan account referred to in this Act to cover the costs to the Highway Fund in the amount of $3,704,004 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 and in the amount of $7,594,947 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 to implement the economic terms of the collective bargaining agreements, including market pay adjustments and benefits, made by the State and the Maine State Employees Association, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and, Maine State Troopers Association, and Maine State Law Enforcement Association, and, notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 979-D, subsection 1, paragraph E, subparagraph (3), for confidential employees.

PART C

Sec. C-1. 23 MRSA §4210-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. GGG, §3, is amended to read:

2. Purpose of account. The purpose of the account is to allow the Highway Fund to provide support to the Maine State Ferry Service that was previously provided by the General Fund because ferries are an integral part of the highway system and carry motor vehicles and are the only method of vehicular transportation available to and from the islands. The state support to the Marine Highway account may not exceed 50% of the budgeted revenues that support the operating cost of the Maine State Ferry Service.