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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 to 7 (page 2, lines 22 to 31 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 5. Application; single-year budget 2013-14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2013, the budget of the State must provide for a complete financial plan for one fiscal year.
Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
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Initiative: Provides funds for one limited-period Senior Budget Analyst position through December 31, 2011 and information technology funds to implement the change in the fiscal biennium for the state budget.

GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$112,129	
All Other	$0	$811,558	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$923,687	
 
Sec. 7. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, sections 1665, 1666 and 1666A take effect July 1, 2013.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is minority report of the committee. It shifts the start of the fiscal biennium for the state budget from the First Regular Session of the Legislature to the Second Regular Session of the Legislature, beginning for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2014. The amendment also provides that the state budget beginning on July 1, 2013 is a one-year budget. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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