Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1665, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §6, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §1666, as amended by PL 2005, c. 457, Pt. GGG, §1, is further amended to read:

§1666. Review and revision of estimates

The Governor-elect or the Governor, with the assistance of the State Budget Officer, shall review the budget estimates, altering, revising, increasing or decreasing the items of the estimates as may be determined necessary in view of the needs of the various departments and agencies and the total anticipated income of the State Government during the ensuing biennium. This review must cover all budgets regardless of source of funds, including, but not limited to, budgets related to the Highway Fund, the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund and other special revenue funds. The State Budget Officer, at the direction of the Governor-elect or the Governor shall then prepare a state budget document in the form required by law. The Governor-elect or the Governor is fully responsible for all budgetary recommendations made to the Legislature. The Governor shall transmit the budget document to the Legislature not later than the Friday following the first Monday in January of the first regular legislative session. At that time the Governor shall also transmit any biennial budget bills that authorize appropriations or allocations in the upcoming biennium that the Governor may wish to propose as well as any emergency bills that authorize additional appropriations or allocations in the current fiscal year that the Governor may wish to propose. A Governor-elect elected to a first term of office shall transmit the budget document to the Legislature not later than the Friday following the first Monday in February of the first regular legislative session. At that time the Governor-elect shall also transmit any biennial budget bills that authorize appropriations or allocations in the upcoming biennium that the Governor may wish to propose as well as any emergency bills that authorize additional appropriations or allocations in the current fiscal year that the Governor may wish to propose.

The Governor, when submitting the budget to the Legislature, shall submit the budget document and the General Fund and Highway Fund bills in a manner that identifies the gross amount of resources for each program. The gross unified budget bills and budget document encompass resources from the General Fund,