Sec. G-1. 23 MRSA §1855, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 395, Pt. I, §1, is amended to read:

The Commissioner of Transportation shall use the state infrastructure bank to make loans to counties and municipalities, state agencies and quasi-state government agencies and public and private utility districts eligible for the financial assistance program for utilities under section 256 upon such terms as the commissioner shall determine, including secured and unsecured loans, and in connection with the secured and unsecured loans, to enter into loan agreements, subordination agreements and other agreements; accept notes and other forms of obligation to evidence the indebtedness, and mortgages, liens, pledges, assignments or other security interest to secure the indebtedness, which may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with other indebtedness, obligations, mortgages, pledges, assignments, other security interests or liens or encumbrances, and take such actions as are appropriate to protect the security and safeguard against losses, including foreclosure and the bidding upon and purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale. Repayments of a federal share loan may be obligated by the commissioner for any transportation purpose, including the reloaning of such repaid funds for other projects. Reloaned funds are considered state loans, not federal share loans.

PART H

Sec. H-1. Radio network debt service. Debt service for the replacement radio system to support the operations of the statewide radio and network system for fiscal year 2007-08 only will be calculated at a ratio of 74.8% for the General Fund and 25.2% for the Highway Fund.

PART I

Sec. I-1. Nonlapsing funds; Administration - Motor Vehicle; computer system. Any balance not to exceed $1,100,000 remaining in the Administration - Motor Vehicle program, Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Department of the Secretary of State may not lapse at the end of fiscal year 2004-05 but must be carried forward into fiscal year 2005-06 for the purpose of development of the bureau's computer system and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the bureau's processes and programs.