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Amend the bill by striking out all of the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Ensure the Continued Ability of the Maine Economic Growth Council To Produce the Measures of Growth Report and Provide Financial Assistance for Flood Damage’
Further amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting in its place the following:
‘Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
BAXTER COMPENSATION AUTHORITY
 
Baxter Compensation Authority 0117
 
Initiative: Deappropriates operational funds that are no longer necessary.
 	 	 	
 GENERAL FUND 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
All Other
	($400,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($400,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
  BAXTER COMPENSATION AUTHORITY 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND
	($400,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 	($400,000)	$0	
 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Maine Emergency Management Agency 0214
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds to assist certain municipalities with the State’s share of costs resulting from floods that occurred in the spring of 2005.
 	 	 	
 GENERAL FUND 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
All Other
	$0	$880,000	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$880,000	
 	 	 	
 DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND
	($0)	$880,000	
 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 	($0)	$880,000	
 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Maine Economic Growth Council 0727
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the printing of the Measures of Growth Report to be matched on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis from private funding sources.
 	 	 	
 GENERAL FUND 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
All Other
	$0	$20,000	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$20,000	
 	 	 	
 ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND
	$0	$20,000	
 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 	$0	$20,000	
 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Gambling Control Board Z002
 
Initiative: Deappropriated operating funds that are no longer needed.
 	 	 	
 GENERAL FUND 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
All Other
	($250,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	($250,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
 PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTALS 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND
	($250,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
 DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 	($250,000)	$0	
 	 	 	
 SECTION TOTALS 	 2005-06 	 2006-07 	
 	 	 	
GENERAL FUND
	($650,000)	$900,000	
 	 	 	
 SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 	($650,000)	$900,000	
’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment:
1. Reduces the appropriation to the Maine Economic Growth Council from $100,000 to $20,000;
2. Appropriates funds to assist certain municipalities that suffered flood damage that occurred in spring 2005; and
3. Deappropriates funds from the Baxter Compensation Authority and the Gambling Control Board.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)