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Timestamp: 2017-03-30 22:30:20
Document Index: 213807880

Matched Legal Cases: ['§3035', '§5', '§1', '§10251', '§4', '§1', '§5', '§6', '§1523', '§ 1523']

SP0088, LD 302, item 1, An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017
SP0088LD 302
Session - 128th Maine Legislature LR 2174Item 1
An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017
Administration - Human Resources 0038
Initiative: Transfers one Public Service Coordinator I position from the Public Improvements - Planning/Construction - Administration program to the Administration - Human Resources program within the same fund to realign department resources to areas of greatest need. The employee retains all rights as a classified employee as well as all accrued fringe benefits, including but not limited to vacation and sick leave, health and life insurances and retirement benefits.
Maine Board of Tax Appeals Z146
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II position to an Office Specialist I position and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.
Public Improvements - Planning/Construction - Administration 0057
($59,894)
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of 2 Management Analyst II positions to Business Systems Administrator positions, one Business Systems Administrator position to a Business Systems Manager position, one Planning and Research Associate II position to a Business Systems Quality Assurance Manager position, one Senior Tax Examiner position to a Taxation Section Manager position and one Tax Examiner position to a Management Analyst I position and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reclassifications.
($65,359)
Risk Management - Claims 0008
Initiative: Provides funding for the reorganization of one Office Assistant II position to an Office Associate II position and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.
RISK MANAGEMENT FUND TOTAL
Sec. A-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
Beverage Container Enforcement Fund 0971
Initiative: Transfers one Office Specialist I position and 2 Consumer Protection Inspector positions and related All Other funding from the Beverage Container Enforcement Fund program, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation program, Federal Expenditures Fund account and increases All Other funding in the Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation program, Federal Expenditures Fund account for the United States FDA, Food Safety Modernization Act program.
($225,702)
($109,518)
($335,220)
Division of Quality Assurance and Regulation 0393
Sec. A-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE
Initiative: Provides funding for toxicology screenings related to autopsies performed by pathologists. GENERAL FUND
Initiative: Provides funding for the after-hours telephone answering service contract with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved range change of 2 Medical Examiner Assistant positions from range 16 to range 19.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved range change of one Senior Forensic Medicine Technician position from range 19 to range 22.
Sec. A-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF Administration - Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management 0109
Initiative: Reallocates the cost of one Adjutant General position and one Deputy Commissioner, Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management position from 83.5% General Fund in the Administration - Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management program and 16.5% Federal Expenditures Fund in the Administration - Maine Emergency Management Agency program to 100% General Fund in the Administration - Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management program.
Initiative: Reallocates technology costs for the Deputy Commissioner, Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management from 100% Federal Expenditures Fund in the Administration - Maine Emergency Management Agency program to 100% General Fund in the Administration - Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management program.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Contract/Grant Specialist position to a Senior Contract/Grant Specialist position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the proposed reorganization of one Planning and Research Assistant position to a Contract/Grant Specialist position.
($35,298)
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the State's share of disaster assistance resulting from the January 26-28, 2015 blizzard, which affected York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc and Androscoggin counties.
Initiative: Provides funding to raise the recruitment and retention stipend of the High Voltage Electrician Supervisor position from 3% to 20%.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Maintenance Mechanic position to a Building Mechanical Systems Specialist position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II position to a Secretary Associate position.
Initiative: Provides funding to raise the recruitment and retention stipend of the High Voltage Electrician positions from 3% to 20%.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of one Plumber II position to a Building Mechanical System Specialist position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of one Environmental Specialist II position to an Environmental Specialist III position retroactive to August 2014.
Initiative: Eliminates 4 vacant positions and related All Other costs as the STARBASE program ended in federal fiscal year 2014.
($309,809)
($49,150)
($358,959)
Initiative: Eliminates 8 vacant Military Security Police Officer positions.
($112,954)
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II Supervisor position to an Office Specialist I Manager Supervisor position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of 2 Office Associate II positions to Office Specialist I positions.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II position to an Office Specialist I position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved range change of one Supervisor Veterans Services position from range 26 to range 29.
Initiative: Provides funding in the Veterans Services program in order to provide aid to veterans and their dependents as authorized by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 505.
$989,823
($487,199)
Sec. A-5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF Learning Systems Team Z081
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Education Specialist II position to an Education Specialist III position and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.
($24,451)
Initiative: Reorganizes one Education Specialist III position to a Public Service Manager II position and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund the reorganization.
($2,461)
Initiative: Reduces funding to align allocations with projected resources as grant funding is no longer available.
Sec. A-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in allocation in the Efficiency Maine Trust program to align with projected natural gas assessments.
$664,157
Sec. A-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
Initiative: Reorganizes one Assistant Environmental Engineer position to an Environmental Engineer position and provides funding for related All Other costs.
Sec. A-8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH
Initiative: Reduces funding to eliminate the ScienceWorks for ME program.
($52,175)
Sec. A-9. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
Initiative: Transfers funding related to a rate increase for personal care and related services pursuant to Resolve 2015, chapter 83 from the Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office program to the Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services program.
($1,226,400)
Sec. A-10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, MAINE
Initiative: Provides funding to align allocations with available resources.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of one Public Service Coordinator I position to a Public Service Manager II position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II position, one Office Associate II - Supervisor position and one Paralegal Assistant position to 3 Secretary Associate Legal positions.
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the cost of mediation services.
Initiative: Provides funding to cover the costs of renting space to hold monthly public hearings.
Sec. A-11. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations 0535
Initiative: Provides funding to construct water supply pipelines and update water treatment equipment at the Casco fish hatchery.
Initiative: Provides funding to construct water supply pipelines at the Grand Lake Stream fish hatchery.
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT TOTALS
Sec. A-12. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Initiative: Provides funding for the reorganization of one Division Supervisor I position to a Division Supervisor II position, one Assistant Clerk position to a Financial Clerk position, 5 Deputy Marshal positions to Corporal positions, one Administrative Clerk position to a Division Supervisor I position and one Senior Service Center Associate position to a Service Center Supervisor position.
Sec. A-13. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF Marine Patrol - Bureau of 0029
Initiative: Provides funding for increased fees from the Department of Public Safety for dispatch services.
Sec. A-14. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF Office of Securities 0943
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Securities Examiner In-charge position to a Public Service Manager II position and related STA-CAP charges.
Sec. A-15. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF Administration - Public Safety 0088
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Public Service Executive II position from range 34 to range 36.
Capitol Police - Bureau of 0101
Initiative: Provides funding for the increased cost in the monthly lease of 3 vehicles that were upgraded to newer models, and one vehicle that had a change in rates.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of one Capitol Police Sergeant position to a Capitol Police Lieutenant position retroactive to June 2014.
Computer Crimes 0048
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved range change of one Computer Forensic Analyst position from range 25 to range 27 retroactive to January 2015.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Associate II position to a Senior Contract/Grant Specialist position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reclassification of one Forensic Technician position to a Forensic Chemist Technician position retroactive to July 2014.
Sec. A-16. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAINE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Retirement System - Retirement Allowance Fund 0085
Initiative: Provides funding for the unfunded liability costs associated with the Maine Community College System.
$13,990,596
Sec. A-17. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF Administration - Archives 0050
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved management-initiated range changes of one Archivist I position from range 14 to range 16, one Archivist II position from range 17 to range 19 and one Archivist III position from range 20 to range 23.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of 4 Customer Representative Associate II positions to Customer Representative Specialist - Corporate positions.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Management Analyst I position to an Elections Coordinator position and increases the hours from 40 hours to 80 hours biweekly.
Sec. A-18. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031
Initiative: Provides funding to maintain the University of Maine System's in-state tuition freeze in fiscal year 2016-17. Also provides funding for pest management and pesticide safety outreach and education and for testing of ticks provided by the public and certain other laboratory operations at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension's animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory.
Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031
Initiative: Provides funding for the expansion of the early college program.
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the University of Maine School of Law's prelaw undergraduate scholars program to increase professional degree attainment in Maine and diversity in the legal profession.
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DEPARTMENT TOTALS
Sec. A-19. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Assistant II position to a Secretary position.
Initiative: Provides funding for the approved reorganization of one Office Assistant II position to an Office Associate II position.
Sec. B-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made to provide funding for approved reclassifications and range changes.ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
($83,349)
Workers' Compensation Management Fund Program 0802
WORKERS' COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT FUND
($7,523)
WORKERS' COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT FUND TOTAL
Boating Facilities Fund Z226
Certified Seed Fund 0787
($24,393)
($3,894)
Audit - Unorganized Territory 0075
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF Military Training and Operations 0108
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308
($7,784)
($36,639)
($36,310)
($13,235)
($1,672)
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF Office of Securities 0943
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF Emergency Medical Services 0485
Emergency Medical Services 0485
($12,845)
($10,077)
Sec. C-1. Continuation of limited-period positions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all limited-period positions throughout State Government that are scheduled to expire during June 2017 are continued until August 1, 2017.
Sec. D-1. Transfer to Maine Budget Stabilization Fund for fiscal year 2016-17. On or before June 30, 2017, the State Controller shall transfer $35,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532.
Sec. E-1. Carry balance; Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall carry any remaining fiscal year 2016-17 balance of the $300,000 one-time General Fund appropriation in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services program for the updating of econometric database information used for revenue projections provided to the Revenue Forecasting Committee in Public Law 2015, chapter 267, Part A into fiscal year 2017-18 to be used for the same purpose.
Sec. F-1. 22 MRSA §3035, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 598, §1, is amended to read:5. Deposit of fees. All fees collected must be deposited in a nonlapsing dedicated account within the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. At the end of each fiscal year, the State Controller shall transfer all unencumbered balances in excess of $500 to the General Fund as undedicated revenue.
Sec. G-1. Use of balance. Any balance remaining in the Fund for Women Veterans account in the Veterans Services program in the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management after June 30, 2015 may be used in fiscal year 2016-17 within the same program to partially fund additional costs of the "Internet Quorum Case Management" software for veterans services.
Sec. H-1. 12 MRSA §10251, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. MMM, §1, is further amended to read:4. Uses of fund. Prior to July 1, 2010, the Treasurer of State continuously shall reinvest all earnings of the fund and may not authorize any payments from the fund or use any earnings of the fund, except those necessary to pay the costs of administering the fund. On July 1, 2010, and on July 1st of each year thereafter, the Treasurer of State shall transfer to the department an amount determined by the department, not to exceed 5% of the fund principal. Additional interest earned by the fund, if any, must be reinvested. All funds received from the department under section 10851 and this section are subject to allocation by the Legislature. Unexpended balances from funds transferred to the department in any fiscal year may be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.
Sec. I-1. Transfer of funds; Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account. On or before June 30, 2017, the State Controller shall transfer $700,000 from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances - General Fund account to the Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program, General Fund account to construct water supply pipelines and update water treatment equipment.
Sec. J-1. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program, General Fund Capital Expenditures balances authorized to carry. Any Capital Expenditures line category balances remaining in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program, General Fund account at the end of fiscal year 2016-17, after all financial commitments for other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, are to be carried forward in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program to be used in fiscal year 2017-18 for the construction of water supply pipelines and updating of water treatment equipment.
Sec. K-1. Judicial Department; Personal Services balances transfer authorized. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2016-17, the Judicial Department is authorized to transfer available balances in the Personal Services line category of General Fund accounts in the Judicial Department, after all financial commitments for salary, benefits, other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, to the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account in the Judicial Department to be used for the purpose of making capital improvements to judicial facilities in fiscal year 2016-17.
Sec. K-2. Judicial Department; Personal Services balances authorized to carry. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Judicial Department is authorized to carry all fiscal 2016-17 year-end balances in the Personal Services line category of General Fund accounts in the Judicial Department, after all financial commitments for salary, benefits, other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, to the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account in the Judicial Department to be used for the purpose of making capital improvements to judicial facilities in fiscal year 2017-18.
Sec. K-3. Judicial Department; Capital Expenditures balance authorized to carry. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Judicial Department is authorized to carry any fiscal 2016-17 year-end balance in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account in the Judicial Department, after all financial commitments for other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, to fiscal year 2017-18 in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account in the Judicial Department to be used for the purpose of making capital improvements to judicial facilities.
Sec. L-1. Carrying provision; Department of the Secretary of State, Administration - Archives. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall carry forward any unexpended balances in the Personal Services and All Other line categories in the Department of the Secretary of State, Administration - Archives program, General Fund account, after all financial commitments for salary, benefits, other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, at the end of fiscal year 2016-17 to the All Other line category for the 2017-18 fiscal year in the Department of the Secretary of State, Administration - Archives program to be used for converting original state department records to electronic formats to preserve and provide public access to state records.
Sec. M-1. Carrying provision; Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall carry forward any unexpended balance in the All Other line category in the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations program, after all financial commitments for other obligations and budgetary adjustments have been made, at the end of fiscal year 2016-17 to the All Other line category in fiscal year 2017-18 in the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations program to be used to upgrade computer software.
Sec. N-1. PL 1997, c. 763, §5 is amended to read:Sec. 5. Payment of retiree health insurance premiums. The Maine Technical Community College System shall make contributions toward payment of the unfunded liability costs and administrative costs to the Maine State Retirement System and payment of the retiree health insurance premiums to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services on behalf of Maine Technical Community College System employees retirees who elect elected to participate in a defined contribution plan offered by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Technical Community College System as provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 12722, subsection 2 at the same percentage as the Maine Technical College System contributes on behalf of its employees who are active members of the retirement system.
Sec. N-2. PL 1997, c. 763, §6 is repealed.
Sec. N-3. Personal Services savings; transfer to General Fund undedicated revenue. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1582, subsection 4 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller is authorized to transfer the first $13,990,596 of unexpended Personal Services appropriations that would otherwise lapse to the Salary Plan program in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund at the close of fiscal year 2016-17.
Sec. N-4. General Fund Salary Plan; transfer to General Fund undedicated revenue. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller is authorized to transfer up to $13,990,596 from the Salary Plan program in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund at the close of fiscal year 2016-17 in the event that there is less than $13,990,596 in unexpended Personal Services appropriations to transfer to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund pursuant to section 3 of this Part.
Sec. O-1. 5 MRSA §1523 is enacted to read: § 1523. Maine Military Reserve Fund The Maine Military Reserve Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. The fund receives funds allocated or transferred by the Legislature from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. The State Controller shall disburse funds in accordance with the provisions established for the operation of the Maine Military Authority in Title 37-B, section 393. At the close of any fiscal year, funds remaining in the fund that the State Controller has determined are not needed to support the operation of the Maine Military Authority may be transferred to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established under section 1532. The State Controller shall provide quarterly financial reports regarding the fund to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over the Maine Military Authority.
Sec. O-2. Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; Maine Military Reserve Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $7,000,000 from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Maine Military Reserve Fund, established under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1523, within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services no later than June 30, 2017.
SUMMARY PART A
This Part makes appropriations and allocations to provide funding for approved reclassifications and range changes.
This Part continues limited-period positions set to expire in June 2017 through August 1, 2017.
This Part requires the transfer of $35,000,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund.
This Part authorizes the State Controller to carry any unexpended All Other balances of as of June 30, 2017 in the All Other line category of the $300,000 one-time General Fund appropriation in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services program for the updating of econometric database information used for revenue projections provided to the Revenue Forecasting Committee in Public Law 2015, chapter 267, Part A into the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.
This Part removes the requirement that unencumbered balances in a dedicated account within the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in excess of $500 be transferred to the General Fund as undedicated revenue at the end of each fiscal year and makes the account nonlapsing.
This Part authorizes the balance remaining in the Fund for Women Veterans account in the Veterans Services program within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management to be used for software for veterans services.
This Part allows unexpended balances from funds transferred to the Lifetime License Fund in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by the Treasurer of State to be carried forward into the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose.
This Part authorizes the State Controller to transfer funds in fiscal year 2016-17 from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances - General Fund account to the Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program, General Fund account to construct water supply pipelines and update water treatment equipment.
This Part requires any remaining balances at the end of fiscal year 2016-17 in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations program, General Fund account to be used for the construction of water supply pipelines and updating of water treatment equipment in fiscal year 2017-18. Capital Expenditures line category balances are carried forward in the same program rather than carried forward in the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances - General Fund account at the end of fiscal year 2016-17.
This Part allows the Judicial Department to transfer any available balances in the Personal Services line category of General Fund accounts to the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account in fiscal year 2016-17.
This Part also allows the Judicial Department to carry any remaining 2016-17 fiscal year-end balances in the Personal Services line category of General Fund accounts and any remaining 2016-17 fiscal year-end balances in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account to fiscal year 2017-18 in the Capital Expenditures line category in the Courts - Supreme, Superior and District program, General Fund account, for the purpose of making capital improvements to judicial facilities.
This Part requires the State Controller to carry forward unexpended balances in the Department of the Secretary of State, Administration - Archives program Personal Services and All Other line categories as of June 30, 2017 to the All Other line category in the Department of the Secretary of State, Administration - Archives program for use in fiscal year 2017-18.
This Part requires the State Controller to carry forward any unexpended balance as of June 30, 2017 in the All Other line category in the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations program for use in fiscal year 2017-18 to upgrade software.
This Part eliminates the requirement that the Maine Community College System make contributions toward payment of the unfunded liability and administrative costs to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System for retirees who elected to participate in a defined contribution plan. This Part also repeals the obligation of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to develop long-term strategies to create funding methods for future salary increases resulting from the Maine Community College System collective bargaining process. This Part also authorizes the transfer of $13,990,596 to the General Fund that would otherwise lapse to the Salary Plan program. In the event that there are not sufficient amounts to cover this transfer, this Part also authorizes the transfer of funds from the Salary Plan program up to the amount necessary to meet the shortage.
This Part establishes a reserve fund within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the operation of the Maine Military Authority and transfers $7,000,000 to that fund from the General Fund unappropriated surplus.
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