Sec. F-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

PROGRAM EVALUATION AND GOVERNMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICE OF

Office of Program Evaluation and Government

Accountability 0976

Initiative: Allocates funds on a one-time basis for the review of departments and agencies that are funded by the Highway Fund.

HIGHWAY FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $100,000 $0

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HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL $100,000

PART G

Sec. G-1. Funding of municipal sand and salt storage facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a portion of the increase in funding of the Urban-Rural Initiative Program provided by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1803-B must be used to fund municipal sand and salt storage facilities as provided in this section. The amount of such funding for municipal sand and salt storage facilities must be $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07, but only if total funding for the Urban- Rural Initiative Program for fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 increases by at least $2,000,000 over total funding levels for fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05. The funding for municipal sand and salt storage facilities provided by this section must be distributed in accordance with Title 23, chapter 19, subchapter 7. All Other Urban-Rural Initiative Program funds must be distributed in accordance with Title 23, section 1803-B.

Sec. G-2. Investigate; report. The Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall investigate whether the demonstrable environmental and health benefits of constructing some or all Priority 3 sand and salt storage facilities as provided by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1851, subsection 3 and Title 38, section 413, subsection 2-D outweigh the cost of such construction. By January 15, 2006, the Department of Transportation shall deliver to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation a report including findings and