Sec. A-40. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
MUNICIPAL BOND BANK, MAINE
Maine Municipal Bond Bank - Maine Rural Water Association 0699
Initiative: Reduces funding for grants to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($2,920) |
 |
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($2,920) |
Sec. A-41. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
MUSEUM, MAINE STATE
Maine State Museum 0180
Initiative: Eliminates one seasonal part-time Museum Technician I position, reduces the hours of one seasonal part-time Museum Technician I position and reduces one full-time Office Associate II position to part-time.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | (0.500) |
|
POSITIONS - FTE COUNT
|
0.000 | (0.375) |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($46,611) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($46,611) |
Maine State Museum 0180
Initiative: Reduces funding for contracted consulting services. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($4,000) | ($6,000) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($4,000) | ($6,000) |
Maine State Museum 0180
Initiative: Reduces funding for subscriptions and memberships. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($500) | ($1,000) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($500) | ($1,000) |
Maine State Museum 0180
Initiative: Reduces funding related to office and other supplies. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($2,516) | ($4,443) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($2,516) | ($4,443) |
Maine State Museum 0180
Initiative: Establishes one part-time Inventory and Property Associate II position and 3 intermittent Customer Representative Assistant I positions and transfers All Other to Personal Services to fund these positions.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 1.000 |
|
POSITIONS - FTE COUNT
|
0.000 | 0.839 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $85,005 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($85,005) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $0 |
| MUSEUM, MAINE STATE | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
GENERAL FUND
|
($7,016) | ($58,054) |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$0 | $0 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | ($7,016) | ($58,054) |
Sec. A-42. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Legal Assistance 0553
Initiative: Reduces funding for legal services to low-income Maine residents.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($10,731) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($10,731) |
Sec. A-43. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Administrative Services - Professional and Financial Regulation 0094
Initiative: Eliminates the headcount, salary and related costs associated with the Commissioner Department of Professional and Financial Regulation position in the Administrative Services Division and eliminates one Administrator Office of Securities position in the Office of Securities.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | (1.000) |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($109,168) |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($892) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | ($110,060) |
Office of Securities 0943
Initiative: Eliminates the headcount, salary and related costs associated with an Assistant Seurities Administrator, Public Services Manager II position within the Office of Securities.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | (1.000) |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($100,815) |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($1,992) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | ($102,807) |
| PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$0 | ($212,867) |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $0 | ($212,867) |
Sec. A-44. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PROPERTY TAX REVIEW, STATE BOARD OF
Property Tax Review - State Board of 0357
Initiative: Reduces funding to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($600) |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($2,797) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($3,397) |
Sec. A-45. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION, MAINE
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation 0033
Initiative: Reduces funding to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($79,328) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($79,328) |
Sec. A-46. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
Administration - Public Safety 0088
Initiative: Eliminates one Secretary Associate position in the Administration - Public Safety program, Highway Fund and transfers one Office Associate II position from the Gambling Control Board program to the Administration - Public Safety program and reallocates it from 100% General Fund to 50% General Fund and 50% Highway Fund to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 1.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $27,949 |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | $27,949 |
Administration - Public Safety 0088
Initiative: Reduces funding from savings in benefit packages. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Personal Services
|
($36,142) | ($38,388) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($36,142) | ($38,388) |
Consolidated Emergency Communications Z021
Initiative: Establishes one Emergency Communications Specialist position through a reduction in budgeted overtime.
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 1.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($259) |
|
|
|
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($259) |
Consolidated Emergency Communications Z021
Initiative: Continues 5 Emergency Communication Technician positions established by Financial Order 003548 F8 to serve communities that contract with the Bureau of Public Safety for dispatching services.
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 5.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $287,680 |
|
|
|
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND TOTAL | $0 | $287,680 |
Consolidated Emergency Communications Z021
Initiative: Establishes 2 Emergency Communications Specialist positions to provide dispatch services for Kennebec County because of the consolidation of Kennebec County Sheriff's Office communication systems with the communications systems of the Bureau of Consolidated Emergency Communications. These positions were established in fiscal year 2007-08 by financial order through June 14, 2008 in accordance with Public Law 2005, chapter 519, Part OO-3.
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 2.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $128,078 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $3,480 |
|
|
|
| CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND TOTAL | $0 | $131,558 |
Drug Enforcement Agency 0388
Initiative: Reduces funding by transferring ongoing technology costs from General Fund to Other Special Revenue Funds within the same program to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($86,010) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($86,010) |
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $86,010 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $86,010 |
Emergency Medical Services 0485
Initiative: Reduces funding by reducing the number of Emergency Medical Services board meetings each year. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Personal Services
|
($800) | ($1,600) |
|
All Other
|
($2,200) | ($4,400) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($3,000) | ($6,000) |
Emergency Medical Services 0485
Initiative: Reduces funding from savings in video conferencing technology and a reduction in pagers for assigned staff. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($1,850) | ($3,700) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($1,850) | ($3,700) |
Fire Marshal - Office of 0327
Initiative: Establishes one Paralegal position and 2 Fire Investigator positions and reorganizes one Public Safety Inspector Supervisor position to nonstandard in the investigations section of the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Also provides funding for related All Other and 2 new pickup trucks.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 3.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $208,412 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $9,842 |
|
Capital Expenditures
|
$0 | $50,000 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $268,254 |
Gambling Control Board Z002
Initiative: Eliminates one Secretary Associate position in the Administration - Public Safety program, Highway Fund and transfers one Office Associate II position from the Gambling Control Board program to the Administration - Public Safety program and reallocates it from 100% General Fund to 50% General Fund and 50% Highway Fund to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | (1.000) |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($55,898) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($55,898) |
Gambling Control Board Z002
Initiative: Reorganizes one State Police Sergeant position to a Clerk IV position to maintain costs within available resources.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($67,743) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | ($67,743) |
Gambling Control Board Z002
Initiative: Adjusts funding to bring it into line with projected available resources based on revenue changes approved by the Revenue Forecasting Committee.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$103,134 | $203,398 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $103,134 | $203,398 |
Gambling Control Board Z002
Initiative: Reduces funding for gambling addiction services. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($40,000) | ($50,000) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($40,000) | ($50,000) |
Gambling Control Board Z002
Initiative: Reduces funding of out-of-state travel for the Gambling Control Board. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($1,500) | ($1,500) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($1,500) | ($1,500) |
State Police 0291
Initiative: Reduces funding by eliminating unnecessary or redundant communications devices. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
($20,513) | ($41,026) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($20,513) | ($41,026) |
State Police 0291
Initiative: Eliminates one vacant Office Associate II position. This initiative relates to the curtailments ordered in Financial Order 003806 F8.
| GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
(1.000) | (1.000) |
|
Personal Services
|
($12,569) | ($22,819) |
|
|
|
| GENERAL FUND TOTAL | ($12,569) | ($22,819) |
State Police 0291
Initiative: Provides funding for the maintenance and replacement of software and hardware associated with the criminal history record information system through an increase in the fee for public, noncriminal background checks from $25 to $31. This initiative will result in an increase in General Fund undedicated revenue of $533,174 in fiscal year 2008-09.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $133,294 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $133,294 |
| PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
GENERAL FUND
|
($115,574) | ($345,135) |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$103,134 | $690,956 |
|
CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUND
|
$0 | $418,979 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | ($12,440) | $764,800 |
Sec. A-47. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Conservation Administration Fund 0966
Initiative: Transfers one Staff Accountant position from the Public Utilities - Administrative Division program to the Conservation Administration Fund program and allocates 20% to the Emergency Services Communication Bureau program.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | 1.000 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $44,535 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($44,535) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $0 |
Emergency Services Communication Bureau 0994
Initiative: Transfers one Staff Accountant position from the Public Utilities - Administrative Division program to the Conservation Administrative Fund program and allocates 20% to the Emergency Services Communication Bureau program.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | $11,135 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($11,135) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $0 |
Public Utilities - Administrative Division 0184
Initiative: Provides funding for additional consulting services and the related STA-CAP costs.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
All Other
|
$0 | $57,283 |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | $57,283 |
Public Utilities - Administrative Division 0184
Initiative: Transfers one Staff Accountant position from the Public Utilities - Administrative Division program to the Conservation Administrative Fund program and allocates 20% to the Emergency Services Communication Bureau program.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
|
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
|
0.000 | (1.000) |
|
Personal Services
|
$0 | ($55,670) |
|
All Other
|
$0 | ($1,613) |
|
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $0 | ($57,283) |
Public Utilities - Administrative Division 0184
Initiative: Provides funding in Other Special Revenue Funds to fully fund one Field Investigator position in the Public Utilities - Administrative Division program. A transfer from All Other to Personal Services will fund the cost.