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Amend the amendment in Part O by striking out all of section 2.
Amend the amendment in Part X by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. X-1. TransCap Trust Fund revenues. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 6006-G, subsection 4 or any other provision of law, funding received by the Department of Transportation during the 2010-2011 biennium through the 7.5% of fuel taxes that would otherwise be transferred to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank TransCap Trust Fund pursuant to Title 30-A, section 6006-G, subsection 2 must be transferred to the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program, Other Special Revenue Funds account to fund maintenance paving or maintenance surface treatment projects.’
Further amend the amendment by adding after Part X the following:
PART Y
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Sec. Y-1. Department of Transportation; position eliminations. The Commissioner of Transportation shall identify a sufficient number of positions departmentwide to achieve the savings identified in section 2. To the extent possible, such savings must come from the elimination of management positions. By February 28, 2010, the commissioner shall provide the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation a report detailing the positions to be eliminated.
Sec. Y-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Departmentwide 0864
 
Initiative: Reduces funding to reflect departmentwide Personal Services savings to be achieved through position eliminations determined by the Commissioner of Transportation.

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	($5,000,000)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	($5,000,000)	
 
PART Z
Sec. Z-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
MUNICIPAL BOND BANK, MAINE
 
TransCap Trust Fund Z064
 
Initiative: Deallocates funding from 7.5% of fuel taxes that is transferred to the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program within the Department of Transportation instead of the TransCap Trust Fund.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	($9,800,000)	($10,200,000)	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	($9,800,000)	($10,200,000)	

MUNICIPAL BOND BANK, MAINE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	($9,800,000)	($10,200,000)	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	($9,800,000)	($10,200,000)	

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Bond Interest - Highway 0358
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for debt service costs based on reduced projections of new bond authorizations from $60,000,000 to $40,000,000.

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	($500,000)	($650,000)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	($500,000)	($650,000)	

Bond Retirement - Highway 0359
 
Initiative: Reduces funding for debt service costs based on reduced projections of new bond authorizations from $60,000,000 to $40,000,000.

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	$0	($1,000,000)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	($1,000,000)	

Highway and Bridge Capital 0406
 
Initiative: Offsets additional funding to the Highway and Bridge Capital program allocated in Part A.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
Capital Expenditures	($7,000,000)	($7,000,000)	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	($7,000,000)	($7,000,000)	

Highway and Bridge Light Capital Z095
 
Initiative: Provides funding for Capital Expenditures projects.

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Capital Expenditures	$500,000	$1,650,000	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$500,000	$1,650,000	

Highway and Bridge Light Capital Z095
 
Initiative: Allocates funding from 7.5% of fuel taxes that is transferred to the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program within the Department of Transportation instead of the TransCap Trust Fund within the Maine Municipal Bond Bank.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
Capital Expenditures	$16,800,000	$17,200,000	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$16,800,000	$17,200,000	

Urban-Rural Initiative Program 0337
 
Initiative: Restores funding to the Urban-Rural Initiative Program pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1803-B, subsection 1, paragraph D deallocated in Part A.

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	$0	$5,000,000	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$5,000,000	

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$5,000,000	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$9,800,000	$10,200,000	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$9,800,000	$15,200,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$5,000,000	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$0	$0	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$5,000,000	
 
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Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment requires that funding received by the Department of Transportation during the 2010-2011 biennium through the 7.5% of fuel taxes that would otherwise be transferred to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank TransCap Trust Fund must be transferred to the Highway and Bridge Light Capital program, Other Special Revenue Funds account to fund maintenance paving or maintenance surface treatment projects. The amendment also directs the Commissioner of Transportation to identify position eliminations and to provide the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation a report detailing the positions to be eliminated by February 28, 2010. It also adds appropriations and allocations sections.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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