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and the Legislature must be in the form used by a body corporate | and politic and an instrumentality of the State. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 37-B MRSA §398, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 13. 37-B MRSA §399, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | Revenue generated by the authority must first be used to | | support the operation of the authority, including segregation of | money for future capital repairs. All other unexpended balances | may At the close of the fiscal year, unreserved retained earnings | | as identified by the State Controller may be transferred at any | time prior to the closing of the books to any other non-General | Fund state account of an account established within the Military | Bureau, including, but not limited to, to be used for capital | repair repairs and maintenance of state armories and Maine | | National Guard tuition assistance. |
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| | | Sec. 14. Transition. The following provisions apply to the Maine | | Military Authority. |
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| | | 1. Classified and unclassified employees assigned to the | | Maine Military Authority must be transferred to the Executive | | Department. |
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| | | 2. All contracts, agreements and compacts to which the Maine | | Military Authority is a party and that are in effect on the | | effective date of this Act remain in effect until they expire or | | are altered by the parties involved in the contracts, agreements | | or compacts. |
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| | | 3. Commencing with the 2006-2007 fiscal biennium, the Maine | | Military Authority shall submit a line category budget to the | | Governor to be included in the unified biennial budget for all | | state agencies that is submitted to the Legislature as a part of | | the normal budgetary process. |
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| | | 4. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, | | section 1585 or any other provision of law, the Maine Military | | Authority may establish a head count of personnel and, upon the | | recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the | | Governor, allot expenditures by financial order based on | | estimated revenue in order to implement the provisions of this | | Act. Furthermore, all accrued expenditures, assets, liabilities, | | balances of appropriations, allocations, transfers, revenues or | | other available funds in accounts or subdivisions of accounts of |
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