| | Sec. QQ-1. TANF or Parents as Scholars Program. Notwithstanding the | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3781-A or any other | provision of law, the Department of Human Services may not reduce | the level of cash assistance, support services or support for | education, training or employment services in the Temporary | Assistance for Needy Families program, TANF, or Parents as | Scholars Program below the level at which those services were | provided on May 1, 2003, throughout the fiscal 2004-2005 biennum | without specific authorization of the Legislature. |
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| | Sec. RR-1. Adult vaccines. Notwithstanding any other provision of | law, $450,000 of the funds allocated in Public Law 2003, chapter | 20 from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the FHM - Medical Care | account within the Department of Human Services for fiscal year | 2003-04 must be used by the department to purchase vaccines for | adults. Of the funds allocated in Public Law 2003, chapter 20 | from the Fund for a Healthy Maine to the FHM - Medical Care | account within the Department of Human Services for fiscal year | 2004-05, $1,100,000 must be used by the department to purchase | vaccines for adults and other related purposes as defined in | Public Law 1999, chapter 731, Part UU. |
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| | Sec. SS-1. 12 MRSA §685-E, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 591, Pt. LL, | §1, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: |
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| | Beginning with fiscal year 2003-04, a town or a plantation in | the commission's jurisdiction that elects not to administer land | use controls at the local level but receives commission services, | including planning, permitting and ensuring compliance, must be | assessed a fee equal to .0l% of the most recent equalized state | valuation established by the State Tax Assessor for that town or | plantation.__The State Tax Assessor shall issue a warrant to each | such town or plantation no later than March 1st of each year.__ | The warrant is payable on demand.__Interest charges on unpaid | fees begin on May 1st of each year and are compounded monthly at | the interest rate for unpaid property tax as established by the | State Tax Assessor for the unorganized territory.__For any | assessment that remains unpaid as of September 1st of the year in | which it is due, state revenue |
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| sharing to that town or plantation must be reduced by an amount | equal to any unpaid warrant amount plus any accrued interest, |
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