Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §152, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 684, §2 and affected by §5, is amended to read:

2. Rental proceeds. Rental Except as provided in section 353, rental proceeds from the rental of armories under this section must be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Armory Rental Fund to be used for operation and maintenance expenses at the various state-owned facilities of the Military Bureau. Rental proceeds credited to the Armory Rental Fund are in addition to the appropriations made for operation and maintenance expenses included for that purpose in the Military Fund.

Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §154, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 684, §2, is amended to read:

§154. Capital Repair Account

The Except as provided in section 353, the Capital Repair Account is established in the Military Bureau as a nonlapsing fund to assist in defraying the capital repair of state-owned properties of the Military Bureau. The bureau may not spend $300,000 or more for any single capital repair project unless that expenditure is approved in advance by the Legislature. Not later than January 1st of each odd-numbered year, the bureau shall submit a list to the Legislature that identifies the location, nature and cost of each planned capital repair project costing less than $300,000.

Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §155, as amended by PL 2001, c. 353, §1, is further amended to read:

§155. Reimbursement fund

The Maine National Guard may provide services in accordance with section 181-A, subsections 4 and 5 and section 183 for federal, state, county, regional and municipal governments and agencies and nongovernmental entities and may charge for those services. The Except as provided in section 353, the fees collected must first be allocated for funding the cost of providing those services, and any remaining fees may be expended only within the Military Bureau.

Sec. 4. 37-B MRSA c. 3, sub-c. 7-A is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 7-A

MAINE NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATION

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM