Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1666, first ¶, as amended by PL 1993, c. 707, Pt. R, §1, is further amended to read:

The Governor-elect or the Governor, with the assistance of the State Budget Officer, shall review the budget estimates, altering, revising, increasing or decreasing the items of the

estimates as may be determined necessary in view of the needs of the various departments and agencies and the total anticipated income of the State Government during the ensuing biennium. This review must cover all budgets regardless of source of funds, including, but not limited to, budgets related to the Highway Fund, the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund and other special revenue funds. The State Budget Officer, at the direction of the Governor-elect or the Governor, shall then prepare a state budget document in the form required by law. The Governor-elect or the Governor is fully responsible for all budgetary recommendations made to the Legislature. The Governor shall transmit the budget document to the Legislature not later than the Friday following the first Monday in January December of the first second regular legislative session. At that time the Governor shall also transmit any biennial budget bills that authorize appropriations or allocations in the upcoming biennium that the Governor may wish to propose as well as any emergency bills that authorize additional appropriations or allocations in the current fiscal year that the Governor may wish to propose. A Governor-elect elected to a first term of office shall transmit the budget document to the Legislature not later than the Friday following the first Monday in February January of the first second regular legislative session. At that time the Governor-elect shall also transmit any biennial budget bills that authorize appropriations or allocations in the upcoming biennium that the Governor may wish to propose as well as any emergency bills that authorize additional appropriations or allocations in the current fiscal year that the Governor may wish to propose.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §1666-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 113, §1, is amended to read:

§1666-A. Enactment of budget

The Legislature shall review a biennial or supplemental budget submitted to it in accordance with this chapter and enact a budget no later than 30 days prior to the date of adjournment