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4, section 24, the Governor shall simultaneously submit a report to
the joint standing committees of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and
judiciary matters explaining why the Governor's budget legislation
differs from the Judicial Department's budget submission.

 
3.__Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability
appropriations or allocations.__If the Governor submits
legislation setting forth appropriations or allocations for the
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability that
differ from the budget request presented by the Legislative
Council on behalf of that office, the Governor shall
simultaneously submit a report to the Legislative Council and the
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability
explaining why the Governor's budget legislation differs from the
Legislative Council's budget request.

 
4.__Position identification.__The Governor, when submitting
the budget to the Legislature, shall submit the budget document
and the budget bills in a manner that identifies positions
authorized by the Legislature for less than 52 weeks in a fiscal
year as "Positions - Full-time Equivalent," or "FTE," and
positions authorized by the Legislature for 52 weeks in a fiscal
year as "Positions - Legislative Count" for all funds. The State
Budget Officer shall implement and administer procedures to
ensure sufficient FTE and appropriation or allocation control for
positions authorized by the Legislature for less than 52 weeks in
a fiscal year.

 
5.__Limit on General Fund appropriation.__The total General
Fund appropriation for each fiscal year of the biennium in the
Governor's budget submission to the Legislature may not exceed
the General Fund appropriation limitation established in section
1534.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1665, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. A, §7
and affected by §14, is further amended to read:

 
1. Expenditure and appropriation requirements. On or before
September 1st of the even-numbered years, all departments and
other agencies of the State Government and corporations and
associations receiving or desiring to receive state funds under
the provisions of law shall prepare, in the manner prescribed by
and on blanks furnished them by the State Budget Officer, and
submit to the officer estimates of their expenditure and
appropriation requirements for each fiscal year of the ensuing
biennium contrasted with the corresponding figures of the last
completed fiscal year and the estimated figures for the current
fiscal year. The total General Fund appropriation requests


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