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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Initiative To Streamline State Government and To Make Other Necessary Changes to Law’
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF" in that part designated "Division of Animal Health and Industry 0394" by striking out all of the "GENERAL FUND" table (page 3, lines 29 to 32 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(0.500)	
Personal Services	$0	($52,210)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($52,210)	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF" in the first occurrence of a part designated "Division of Market and Production Development 0833" by striking out all of the "OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS" table (page 4, lines 5 to 8 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	0.500	
Personal Services	$0	$26,105	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$26,105	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF" in the first occurrence of a part designated "Adult Community Corrections 0124" in the initiative in the first line (page 7, line 30 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "Public Manager III" and inserting the following: 'Public Service Manager II'
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF" in that part designated "Business Development 0585" by striking out all of the "GENERAL FUND" table (page 9, lines 17 to 20 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	(1.000)	(1.000)	
Personal Services	($101,459)	($107,586)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($101,459)	($107,586)	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF" in that part designated "Adult Education 0364" by striking out all of the "FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND" table (page 10, lines 1 to 4 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$21,221	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$21,221	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF" in that part designated "Federal and State Program Services Z079" by striking out all of the "GENERAL FUND" table (page 10, lines 11 to 14 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	(1.000)	
Personal Services	$0	($21,221)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($21,221)	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)" in that part designated "FHM - Bureau of Health 0953" by striking out all of the "OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS" table (page 13, lines 30 to 32 and page 14, lines 1 and 2 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2009-10	2010-11	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$110,092	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$0	$110,092	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, MAINE" in that part designated "Historic Preservation Commission 0036" by inserting after the "GENERAL FUND" table (page 15, lines 13 to 16 in L.D.) the following:
 
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	$11,750	$12,040	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$11,750	$12,040	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 under the caption "HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, MAINE" by striking out all of the last 6 lines (page 15, lines 17 to 23 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, MAINE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	($11,750)	($12,040)	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$11,750	$12,040	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$0	
 
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Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 by striking out all of that part designated "SECTION TOTALS" (page 22, lines 1 to 10 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
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SECTION TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	($6,165,800)	$19,475,103	
HIGHWAY FUND	($13,450)	($26,902)	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$97,314	$120,716	
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	$0	$110,092	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$260,961	$449,396	
FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL SERVICES FUND	$0	($46,145)	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	($5,820,975)	$20,082,260	
 
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Amend the bill in Part F in section 1 in the first line (page 24, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "containers" and inserting the following: 'stations' and in the 2nd line (page 24, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "containers" and inserting the following: 'stations'
Amend the bill in Part H in section 1 by striking out all of paragraph E (page 25, lines 10 to 17 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘E. Ten percent of the net slot machine income must be forwarded by the board to the State Controller to be credited to the Fund for a Healthy Maine established by Title 22, section 1511 and segregated into a separate account under Title 22, section 1511, subsection 11, with the use of funds in the account restricted to the purposes described in Title 22, section 1511, subsection 6, paragraph E. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012, the amount credited annually by the State Controller to the Fund for a Healthy Maine under this paragraph may not exceed $4,500,000 annually and any funds in excess of $4,500,000 annually during these fiscal years must be credited as General Fund undedicated revenue;’
Amend the bill by inserting after Part J and before the emergency clause the following:
PART K
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Sec. K-1. 5 MRSA §933, sub-§1, ¶L, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 337, §2 and affected by §4, is amended to read:
 
L. Director, Division of Animal Health and Industry; and
Sec. K-2. 5 MRSA §933, sub-§1, ¶M, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 337, §2 and affected by §4, is repealed.
PART L
Sec. L-1. Adjustment for general purpose aid for local schools. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Education is authorized to temporarily adjust payments to local school administrative units under the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program in fiscal year 2009-10 pursuant to the curtailment of the allotment of $38,098,223 contained in Executive Order 05 FY 10/11 dated November 20, 2009.
Sec. L-2. Report. The Department of Education shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs regarding the implementation of this Part no later than March 1, 2010.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
1. It makes several technical changes to appropriations and allocations.
2. It corrects a reference to fee collection stations.
3. It limits until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 the cap on racino funds proposed in the bill.
4. It removes the Director, Division of Market and Production Development from the list of major policy-influencing positions within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.
5. It authorizes the Department of Education to temporarily adjust payments to local school administrative units under the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program in fiscal year 2009-10 pursuant to the curtailment of the allotment of $38,098,223 contained in Executive Order 05 FY 10/11 dated November 20, 2009. This action is intended to avoid overpayments of school subsidies to certain local school administrative units that may occur if the full reduction proposed in L.D. 1671, the Governor's supplemental budget, is enacted by the Legislature. It also requires the Department of Education to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs regarding the implementation of the adjustment of payments no later than March 1, 2010.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)