GENERAL FUND TOTAL ($725,000) ($1,560,000)

PART H

Sec. H-1. 36 MRSA §4641-B, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. V, §1, is further amended to read:

4. Distribution of State's share of proceeds. The State Tax Assessor shall pay all net receipts received pursuant to this section to the Treasurer of State, and shall at the same time provide the Treasurer of State with documentation showing the amount of revenues derived from the tax imposed by section 4641- A, subsection 1 and the amount of revenues derived from the tax imposed by section 4641-A, subsection 2. The Treasurer of State shall credit 1/2 of the revenues derived from the tax imposed by section 4641-A, subsection 1 to the General Fund and shall monthly pay the remaining 1/2 of such revenues to the Maine State Housing Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund created in Title 30-A, section 4853, except that in fiscal year 2003-04 and, fiscal year 2004-05, fiscal year 2005-06 and fiscal year 2006-07, $7,500,000 of the remaining 1/2 of those revenues must be transferred to the General Fund before any payments are made to the Maine State Housing Authority. The Treasurer of State shall credit to the General Fund all of the revenues derived from the tax imposed by section 4641-A, subsection 2.

PART I

Sec. I-1. Review of statewide information technology functions and systems to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The Chief Information Officer shall review the current organizational structure, systems and operations of information technology units to improve organizational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To assist with this review the Chief Information Officer shall use staff resources from the Office of the Chief Information Officer and must be provided staff resources from technology personnel of other agencies. The Chief Information Officer is authorized to identify savings and position eliminations to the General Fund and other funds from the improvements identified from the review. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall transfer position counts and available balances by financial order upon approval of the Governor in order to achieve the saving identified in section 2. These transfers are considered adjustments to authorized position count, appropriations and allocations in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006- 07. The State Budget Officer shall provide the joint standing committee of the