Sec. DD-1. 22 MRSA §4326 is enacted to read:
Any balance remaining in the General Assistance - Reimbursement to Cities and Towns program in the Department of Human Services at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward for the next fiscal year.
Sec. DD-2. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, ¶F, as amended by PL 2001, c. 23, §1, is further amended to read:
F. The transmission of information among employees of the Bureau of Revenue Services for the purposes of enforcing the tax laws of this State and the delivery by a register of deeds to the State Tax Assessor or delivery by the State Tax Assessor to the appropriate municipal assessor or to the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission or the Department of Human Services of "declarations of value" in accordance with section 4641-D. The State Tax Assessor may require entities requesting information pursuant to this paragraph other than municipal assessors to provide resources sufficient to cover the cost of providing the forms;
Sec. DD-3. General Fund unappropriated surplus. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller is authorized to recognize as General Fund unappropriated surplus, no later than June 30, 2005, $177,232 generated from fiscal year 2002-03 funds returned to the Department of Human Services from health care providers.
Sec. DD-4. Minimum record-keeping requirements. Agencies authorized to administer programs funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or "TANF" funds must adhere to minimum record-keeping requirements established by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families regarding Maintenance of Effort expenditures in order to ensure that expenditures are sufficiently documented. The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Family Independence shall ensure that all claims made under the TANF program meet all state requirements and the eligibility requirements set forth by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families or its successor agency.
Sec. DD-5. State Supplement to Federal Supplemental Security Income General Fund account; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,100,000 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2003-04 in the State Supplement to Federal Supplemental Security Income General Fund account in the Department of Human Services lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2004-05.
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