PART SSS

Sec. SSS-1. Transfer from Salary Plan and special account funding. The Salary Plan account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services may be made available as needed in allotment by financial order upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor to be used for the implementation of collective bargaining agreements for state employees and for other economic items contained in this Act in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07. Positions supported from sources of funding other than the General Fund and the Highway Fund must be funded from those other sources.

Sec. SSS-2. Authorization for reimbursement of costs associated with contract resolution. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services may be reimbursed from the Salary Plan account for the costs of contract resolution, administration, implementation and other costs required by the process of collective bargaining and negotiation procedures.

PART TTT

Sec. TTT-1. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§11, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 390, §7, is further amended to read:

B. "Retail sale" does not include:

(1) Any casual sale;

(2) Any sale by a personal representative in the settlement of an estate, unless the sale is made through a retailer, or unless the sale is made in the continuation or operation of a business;

(3) The sale, to a person engaged in the business of renting automobiles, of automobiles, integral parts of automobiles or accessories to automobiles, for rental or for use in an automobile rented on a short-term basis;

(4) The sale, to a person engaged in the business of renting audio or video media and audio or video equipment, of audio or video media or audio or video equipment for rental;