Sec. C-1. 5 MRSA §282, first ¶, as amended by PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. A, §22, is further amended to read:
The commissioner may, with the approval of the Governor, appoint a deputy commissioner, who shall be is the chief of one of the department bureaus and shall perform the duties of the commissioner during the commissioner's absence, in addition to his the deputy commissioner's regular duties. The compensation and expense of the deputy commissioner shall be is paid from any available funds appropriated for the use of the bureau of which he the deputy commissioner is chief. The commissioner may appoint and employ the bureau chiefs and the assistant to the commissioner to be under his the commissioner's immediate supervision, direction and control, and to serve at his the commissioner's pleasure and perform such duties as he the commissioner may prescribe, except as otherwise provided by law. In addition, the commissioner may appoint an associate commissioner for administrative services who is not subject to the Civil Service Law and who serves at the pleasure of the commissioner.
Sec. C-2. 5 MRSA §947-B, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. F, §2, is further amended to read:
I. State Budget Officer; and
Sec. C-3. 5 MRSA §947-B, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. F, §3, is amended to read:
J. Chief Information Officer.; and
Sec. C-4. 5 MRSA §947-B, sub-§1, ¶K is enacted to read:
K. Associate Commissioner, Administrative Services.
Sec. C-5. PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. D, §23 is amended to read:
Sec. D-23. Department of Administrative and Financial Services; lease-purchase authorization. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1587, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services in cooperation with the Treasurer of State may enter into financing arrangements related to in fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05 for the acquisition of motor vehicles for the Central Motor Pool. The financing agreements entered into in each fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000 in principal costs, and no financing arrangement may exceed 4 years in duration and $5,000,000 in principal costs. The interest rate may not exceed 6%, and total interest costs with respect to the financing arrangements entered into in each fiscal year may not exceed $762,000. The annual principal and interest costs must be paid from the appropriate line category allocations in the Central Motor Pool account.
Sec. C-6. Transfer of funds; retirement incentive; General Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds accounts. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 or any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer is authorized to identify salary savings in the affected General Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds accounts that occurred as a result of the retirement incentive program authorized in Public Law 2003, chapter 451, Part E, section 16 and transfer those amounts by financial order to the General Fund Salary Plan account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
Sec. C-7. Transfer of funds; retirement incentive; Highway Fund accounts. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 or any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer is authorized to identify salary savings in the affected Highway Fund accounts that occurred as a result of the retirement incentive program authorized in Public Law 2003, chapter 451, Part E, section 16 and transfer those amounts by financial order to the Highway Fund Salary Plan account in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
Sec. C-8. State cost allocation program; recovery; Retirement Allowance Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall recover, through the state cost allocation program, $915,640 associated with prior years' payments by the General Fund to the Retirement Allowance Fund under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1517 by June 30, 2005.
Sec. C-9. State cost allocation program; recovery; homeland security grant programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall recover, through the state cost allocation program, $170,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 associated with homeland security grant programs awarded to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management.
Sec. C-10. Capital Construction, repairs, improvements - administrative; use of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services is authorized to use $111,856 of funds no longer required for the Thomaston State Prison demolition project for hazardous material abatement and removal and the demolition of the Caribou Armory.
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