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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 119th

PART J

     Sec. J-1. 5 MRSA §1583-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 127, Pt. A, §5, is further amended to read:

§1583-A. Creation of positions

     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, limited period, project or any other temporary positions may be established by financial order so long as the end date for such positions does not exceed the statutory adjournment date for the next regular session of the Legislature. Temporary positions established by financial order may not be continued past the statutory adjournment date unless the Legislature specifically appropriates or allocates funds to continue those positions.

     Sec. J-2. Department of Corrections; rename program. The following program is renamed as follows: "Probation & Parole" is renamed "Adult Community Corrections."

     Sec. J-3. Rename Maine Youth Center. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on March 1, 2001, the title of the Maine Youth Center is changed to the Southern Maine Juvenile Facility.

     Sec. J-4. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Maine Youth Center" appear or reference is made to that entity or those words, they are amended to read and mean "Southern Maine Juvenile Facility," or "facility" as appropriate and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

     Sec. J-5. Rename Northern Maine Regional Juvenile Detention Facility. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on June 1, 2001, the title of Northern Maine Regional Juvenile Detention Facility is changed to the Northern Maine Juvenile Facility.

     Sec. J-6. Maine Revised Statutes amended; revision clause. Wherever in the Maine Revised Statutes the words "Northern Maine Regional Detention Facility" appear or reference is made to that entity or those words, they are amended to read and mean "Northern Maine Juvenile Facility," or "facility" as appropriate and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

     Sec. J-7. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, for the 2000-2001 biennium, the Department of Corrections is authorized to transfer, by financial order, Personal Services, All Other or Capital Expenditures funding between accounts within the same fund for the payment of overtime expenses and authorized labor market adjustments for teachers at the Maine Youth Center in accordance with Title 5, section 7065.

     Sec. J-8. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585, or any other provision of law, for the 2000-2001 biennium, the Department of Education is authorized to transfer, by financial order, Personal Services, All Other or Capital Expenditures funding between accounts within the same fund for the payment of market salary adjustments for teachers at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf in accordance with Title 5, section 7065. If available resources within the department are not sufficient to meet the costs of the market salary adjustments, the Governor, upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer, is authorized to transfer funds from the appropriate salary plan to the department to providing funding to meet the costs.

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