4.__Repeal.__This section is repealed December 31, 2007.

Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §158 is enacted to read:

§158.__Maine Military Family Relief Fund

The Maine Military Family Relief Fund is established as a nonlapsing fund administered according to rules adopted by the Adjutant General.__The Adjutant General is authorized to make grants from the Maine Military Family Relief Fund to families of persons who are members of the Maine National Guard or residents of the State who are members of the Reserves of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been called to military duty. The Military Bureau shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria for the grants.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 3. Administrative costs to be reimbursed. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services shall absorb within existing resources any administrative costs involved in the initial implementation of this Act. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 158 or any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management must transfer from the Maine Military Family Relief Fund established in Title 37-B, section 158 an amount determined by the State Tax Assessor to be the additional administrative costs associated with the implementation of this Act. The State Tax Assessor is authorized to deposit the funds received as reimbursement for costs incurred in an Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Bureau of Revenue Services to be used to support the operations of the bureau necessary for the implementation of this Act.

Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES,

DEPARTMENT OF

Maine Revenue Services 0002

Initiative: Allocates funds for the administrative costs associated with the Maine Military Family Relief Fund voluntary checkoff in the event revenue is available for transfer in fiscal year 2004-05.