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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 to 3 (page 1, lines 2 to 25 in L.D.)
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Deallocates funds from decreasing the portion of State Police costs paid by the Highway Fund from 49% to 33%.

HIGHWAY FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
Personal Services	$0	($5,803,771)	
All Other	$0	($2,473,785)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	($8,277,556)	

State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Provides funding as a result of increasing the portion of State Police costs paid by the General Fund from 51% to 67%.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
Personal Services	$0	$5,803,771	
All Other	$0	$2,473,785	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$8,277,556	

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2011-12	2012-13	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$8,277,556	
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	($8,277,556)	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$0	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes from the bill the provision that changes the source of the state funding support for the Maine State Ferry Service from the Highway Fund to the General Fund. The amendment also strikes the provisions specifying that the amount of savings to the Highway Fund due to the transfer of support of the Maine State Ferry Service from the Highway Fund to the General Fund and due to the reduction of funding, from 49% to 33%, from the Highway Fund to support the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police must be used for highway resurfacing and maintenance paving.
The amendment leaves in place the provision in the bill that decreases the portion of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police funding provided by the Highway Fund from 49% to 33% and increases the portion of funding provided by the General Fund from 51% to 67%.
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section.
 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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