| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1664, as amended by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. A, §6 and | | affected by §14, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | §1664.__Form of budget document |
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| | | 1.__Form.__The state budget document, setting forth a 4-year | | financial plan for the State Government for each fiscal year of | | the ensuing biennium and the following biennium, must: |
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| | | A.__Consist of a budget message by the Governor-elect or the | | Governor that outlines the 4-year financial policy of the | | State Government for the ensuing biennium and the following | | biennium, describing in connection with the important | | features of the financial plan; |
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| | | B.__Embrace a general budget summary setting forth the | | aggregate figures of the budget in such a manner as to show | | the balanced relationship between the total proposed | | expenditures and the total anticipated revenues together | | with the other means of financing the budget for each fiscal | | year of the ensuing biennium, contrasted with the | | corresponding figures for the last completed fiscal year and | | the fiscal year in progress.__The general budget summary | | must: |
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| | | (1)__Be supported by explanatory schedules or | | statements, classifying the expenditures contained | | therein by organization units, objects and funds and | | the income by organization units, sources and funds; | | and |
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| | | (2)__Include a summary and details of programs funded | | through the Fund for a Healthy Maine, presenting the | | allocation requirements and projected revenues and | | other available resources shown in a budget fund flow | | statement and a comparative statement that presents | | income sources for revenue projections and allocation | | estimates by program categories; |
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| | | C.__Include a financial plan for the following biennium with | | forecasted General Fund, Highway Fund and Fund for a Healthy | | Maine appropriation requirements and projected revenues by | | income sources as provided in chapter 151-B and other | | available resources shown in a budget fund flow statement | | and a comparative statement that presents income sources for | | revenue projections and appropriation estimates by major | | program categories; |
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