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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
PART A
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Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration 0339
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the reclassification of 4 Public Service Coordinator I positions from range 21 to range 25, one Public Service Coordinator I position from range 21 to range 23 and 3 Office Specialist I positions to Personnel Assistant positions.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$19,493	$30,711	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$19,493	$30,711	

Fleet Services 0347
 
Initiative: Transfers 14 Inventory and Property Associate II positions and one Inventory and Property Associate I position from Fleet Services to the Maintenance and Operations program in the Highway Fund. Positions are funded by a reduction in All Other in the same program.

FLEET SERVICES FUND - DOT	2013-14	2014-15	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(15.000)	
Personal Services	$0	($914,138)	
			
FLEET SERVICES FUND - DOT TOTAL	$0	($914,138)	

Highway and Bridge Capital 0406
 
Initiative: Provides funding for capital improvements for or replacement of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge carrying the U.S. Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2013-14	2014-15	
Capital Expenditures	$0	$30,000,000	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$30,000,000	

Highway and Bridge Capital 0406
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to align allocations with existing resources.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$15,000,000	
Capital Expenditures	$0	$20,000,000	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$35,000,000	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	$1,500,000	
All Other	$0	$1,500,000	
Capital Expenditures	$0	$50,000,000	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$53,000,000	

Highway and Bridge Light Capital Z095
 
Initiative: Provides additional funding for light capital paving as a result of the increased Highway Fund revenue projections.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Capital Expenditures	$1,800,000	$0	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$1,800,000	$0	

Local Road Assistance Program 0337
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Local Road Assistance Program at the correct proportioned rate in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1803-B.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$416,768	$223,307	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$416,768	$223,307	

Maintenance and Operations 0330
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Maintenance and Operations program to assist with the increased costs of winter weather.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$800,000	$0	
All Other	$1,455,019	$2,514,424	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$2,255,019	$2,514,424	

Maintenance and Operations 0330
 
Initiative: Transfers 14 Inventory and Property Associate II positions and one Inventory and Property Associate I position from Fleet Services to the Maintenance and Operations program in the Highway Fund. Positions are funded by a reduction in All Other in the same program.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	15.000	
Personal Services	$0	$914,138	
All Other	$0	($914,138)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$0	

Maintenance and Operations 0330
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to align allocations with existing resources.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	$19,849	
All Other	$0	$151	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$20,000	

Multimodal - Freight 0350
 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the Multimodal - Freight program to the Multimodal - Transportation Fund program for the federal Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks grant.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	($1,000,000)	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	($1,000,000)	

Multimodal - Ports and Marine 0323
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to align allocations with existing resources.

MARINE PORTS FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	($25,000)	
			
MARINE PORTS FUND TOTAL	$0	($25,000)	

Multimodal Transportation Fund Z017
 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the Multimodal - Freight program to the Multimodal - Transportation Fund program for the federal Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks grant.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
All Other	$0	$1,000,000	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,000,000	

Suspense Receivable - Transportation 0344
 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to align allocations with existing resources.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	$118,753	
All Other	$0	$8,416	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$127,169	

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
HIGHWAY FUND	$4,491,280	$2,768,442	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$35,000,000	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$0	$83,147,169	
FLEET SERVICES FUND - DOT	$0	($914,138)	
MARINE PORTS FUND	$0	($25,000)	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$4,491,280	$119,976,473	
 
PART B
Sec. B-1. Carrying provision; Department of Secretary of State, Administration - Motor Vehicles program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall carry forward any unexpended balance in the All Other and Personal Services line categories on June 30, 2014 in the Department of Secretary of State, Administration - Motor Vehicles program to fiscal year 2014-15. The amounts carried forward must be used for the enhancement of the revenue collection computer system to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the department's operations and to make capital improvements to the main office in Augusta.
PART C
Sec. C-1. Rename Suspense Receivable - Transportation program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Suspense Receivable - Transportation program within the Department of Transportation is renamed the Receivables program.
Sec. C-2. Rename Highway and Bridge Light Capital program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program within the Department of Transportation is renamed the Highway Light Capital program.
Sec. C-3. Rename Multimodal - Freight program. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Multimodal - Freight program within the Department of Transportation is renamed the Multimodal - Freight Rail program.
PART D
Sec. D-1. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings and allocations in this Part that applies against each Highway Fund account for all departments and agencies from transfers of funding associated with transferring incremental funding from fiscal year 2013-14 to fiscal year 2014-15 for the State’s contribution to state employee and retiree health insurance premiums and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to allocations in fiscal year 2013-14 and fiscal year 2014-15. The State Budget Officer shall provide a report of the transferred amounts to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than October 1, 2014.
Sec. D-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017
 
Initiative: Transfers from fiscal year 2013-14 to fiscal year 2014-15 incremental funding provided in Public Law 2013, chapter 354, Part H for the State's contribution to state employee health insurance premiums.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	($400,000)	$400,000	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	($400,000)	$400,000	

Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017
 
Initiative: Transfers from fiscal year 2013-14 to fiscal year 2014-15 incremental funding provided in Public Law 2013, chapter 354, Part H for the State's contribution to retiree health insurance premiums.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	($1,077,253)	$1,077,253	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	($1,077,253)	$1,077,253	

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
HIGHWAY FUND	($1,477,253)	$1,477,253	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	($1,477,253)	$1,477,253	
 
PART E
Sec. E-1. Calculation and transfer.  Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 or any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in section 2 of this Part that apply against each Highway Fund account for departments and agencies statewide that have occurred as a result of a new actuarial projection. The State Budget Officer shall transfer the savings by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to allocations in fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Sec. E-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0016
 
Initiative: Reduces funding as the result of a new actuarial projection of the cost of retiree health insurance.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	($567,319)	($1,457,544)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	($567,319)	($1,457,544)	
 
PART F
Sec. F-1.  23 MRSA §1968, sub-§2-C  is enacted to read:
 
2-C.  Bonds for purchase of interstate in Kittery.     In addition to bonds outstanding pursuant to any other provision of this chapter, the authority may provide by resolution for the issuance of special obligation or subordinate bonds, including notes or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations defined to be bonds under this chapter, not exceeding $35,000,000 in aggregate principal amount exclusive of refundings, to purchase a section of Interstate 95 in Kittery from the Department of Transportation.
Sec. F-2. 23 MRSA §1969, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 302, §14, is further amended to read:
 
A. To the payment of the cost of the construction and reconstruction of the turnpike or to the payment to the Department of Transportation of the cost of department projects or to the payment of the cost of the purchase of a section of Interstate 95 in Kittery;
Sec. F-3.  PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. N, §3  is amended to read:
Sec. N-3. Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority legislation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation shall submit proposed legislation to reestablish the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority in accordance with Public Law 2011, chapter 610, Part D, section 3 to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than February 14, 2014. Following receipt and review of the proposed legislation, the joint standing committee may submit a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature concerning the proposed legislation. Any future legislation submitted by the Department of Transportation to reestablish the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority, referred to in this section as "the IBA," in accordance with Public Law 2011, chapter 610, Part D, section 3 must provide that the funding provided to the IBA by or through the State and the Maine Turnpike Authority, referred to in this section as "Maine IBA Funds," must be used for the future capital repair and rehabilitation of the Piscataqua River Bridge and the planned replacement bridge for the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. Maine IBA Funds may not be used for the capital repair and rehabilitation of the Memorial Bridge or for the operations and custodial maintenance of any of the 3 Portsmouth-Kittery bridges.
Sec. F-4. Purchase and sale of interstate in Kittery. The State, acting by and through the Department of Transportation, is authorized to convey to the Maine Turnpike Authority, and the Maine Turnpike Authority is authorized to acquire, an approximately 1.9-mile portion of Interstate 95 in the Town of Kittery between the southerly terminus of the existing Maine Turnpike and the approach to the Piscataqua River Bridge, in consideration of the sum of $30,000,000, and such other consideration and on such other terms and provisions as the Commissioner of Transportation and the executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority may mutually determine are reasonable or necessary to effectuate the acquisition. The closing date for the transfer must be on or before December 31, 2014, unless extended by mutual agreement.
Sec. F-5. Allocation. The proceeds of the transfer of the approximately 1.9-mile portion of Interstate 95 in the Town of Kittery from the Maine Turnpike Authority must be deposited in a new, separate, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Highway and Bridge Capital program established for capital improvement or replacement of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge carrying the U.S. Route 1 Bypass over the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
PART G
Sec. G-1. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of allocations in this Part that applies against each Highway Fund account for all departments and agencies from funding associated with providing merit pay increases and certain longevity payments in fiscal year 2014-15 and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to allocations in fiscal year 2014-15. The State Budget Officer shall provide a report of the transferred amounts to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than October 1, 2014.
Sec. G-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017
 
Initiative: Provides funding to offset savings from eliminating certain longevity payments.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	$107,949	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$107,949	

Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017
 
Initiative: Provides funding to offset savings from eliminating merit increases for fiscal year 2014-15.

HIGHWAY FUND	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	$698,601	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$698,601	

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2013-14	2014-15	
			
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$806,550	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$806,550	
 
PART H
Sec. H-1. Lapsed balances; Salary Plan program, Highway Fund account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall lapse $806,550 from the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Salary Plan program, Highway Fund account to the unallocated surplus of the Highway Fund no later than August 1, 2014.
PART I
Sec. I-1. 29-A MRSA §523, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2011, c. 22, §2, is further amended to read:
 
7. Moratorium on decals for use with special veterans registration plates.   During the period beginning October 1, 2009 and ending October 1, 2014, the Secretary of State may not issue any special commemorative decalsdecal not authorized by subsection 5, paragraphs A to AA or, subsection 6, paragraphs A to E or subsection 8 for use with special veterans registration plates.
Sec. I-2.  29-A MRSA §523, sub-§8  is enacted to read:
 
8.  Wabanaki decal.    The Secretary of State may issue a set of 2 Wabanaki decals to a person who has or receives a special veterans registration plate if the Secretary of State receives an application and a statement signed by a tribal official from a federally recognized tribe within the Wabanaki Confederacy proving the applicant’s membership in the tribe. One set of 2 Wabanaki decals must be displayed on the front and back plates. The fee for a set of Wabanaki decals may not exceed $5.’
 
SUMMARY
PART A
This Part makes allocations.
PART B
This Part carries forward unexpended All Other and Personal Services funds as of June 30, 2014 in the Department of Secretary of State, Administration - Motor Vehicles program.
PART C
This Part renames the Suspense Receivable - Transportation program as the Receivables program. It also renames the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program as the Highway Light Capital program and renames the Multimodal - Freight program as the Multimodal - Freight Rail program.
PART D
This Part transfers incremental funding provided in Public Law 2013, chapter 354, Part H for the State’s contribution to state employee and retiree health insurance premiums from fiscal year 2013-14 to fiscal year 2014-15.
PART E
This Part reduces Highway Fund funding for retiree health insurance as the result of a new actuarial projection and requires the State Budget Officer to calculate the savings that apply against each account as a result of the changes in this Part and to distribute those savings by financial order upon the approval of the Governor as adjustments to appropriations and allocations.
PART F
This Part authorizes the Department of Transportation to sell, and the Maine Turnpike Authority to acquire, an approximately 1.9-mile segment of Interstate 95 in Kittery between the southerly terminus of the existing Maine Turnpike and the approach to the Piscataqua River Bridge for the sum of $30,000,000, which is to be deposited in an Other Special Revenue Funds account to be allocated for the improvement of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, and makes certain changes to statutes governing the Maine Turnpike Authority to authorize actions necessary for it to comply with this Part. It also provides that the funding provided to reestablish the Maine-New Hampshire Interstate Bridge Authority must be used for the future capital repair and rehabilitation of the Piscataqua River Bridge and the planned replacement of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge.
PART G
This Part restores merit and longevity pay in fiscal year 2014-15.
PART H
This Part requires the State Controller to lapse $806,550 from the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Salary Plan program, Highway Fund account to the unallocated surplus of the Highway Fund no later than August 1, 2014.
PART I
This Part allows the Secretary of State to issue a Wabanaki decal to a person who has or receives a special veterans registration plate. It also amends the current moratorium on the issue of decals to be used with special veterans registration plates not authorized by law to exempt from the moratorium the Wabanaki decal. It specifies that one set of 2 decals must be displayed on the front and back plates and sets the maximum price for the set at $5.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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