Each fiscal year, the State Controller is authorized to provide an annual advance from the General Fund to the Fund for a Healthy Maine, or its successor, to provide money for allocations from the fund.__This money must be returned to the General Fund as the first priority from the amounts credited to the fund.

Any unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year lapses back to the Fund for a Healthy Maine account, or its successor, within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and may not be made available for expenditure without specific legislative approval.

It is the intent of the people of Maine that the Fund for a Healthy Maine be used to fund services and programs at a level above the level of funding that existed at the time the Fund for a Healthy Maine was created and that tobacco settlement money not be used, directly or indirectly, to supplant current levels of funding for other programs and services.

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Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That the municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November following the passage of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the following question:

"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to require that Maine's tobacco settlement money be used only for health-related purposes, including prevention and treatment of disease and addiction and access to health care for both children and adults?"

The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within the corresponding square below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review